Avalanche

Irwin Tenure

Tom SchaeferGunnison
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Quick report

Collapsing
Observed

Snowpack

30 cm ski pen. after 25" of settlement in the storm snow ( surfy). PS was stubborn to AE in the snow and in the air. Eerily no results or signs of instability on initial passes in the MWW until we got to Outer limits. The W aspects BTL HS was 2m in loaded areas. The slabs below were F-4F soft. A few collapses reported from guides in the LWW. Some large air blasts on suspect terrain the MWW and UUWW w/ no results.

Avalanche

Size
D2 R4
Count
2
Aspect
W
Trigger
AB
Elevation
11500 ft

Several natural avalanches in our terrain most likely yesterday afternoon on E/W aspects. Outer Limits 2 3X8's on a stick failed the slope. 4F SS failed on a small grain FC on a soft MFC. It gouged into old packer tracks O/G. Some of the remaining packer tracks were still weak and faceted.