Snowpack

Kebler Pass.

Evan RossGunnison
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Quick report

Cracking
isolated

One area with several shooting cracks in lower Elk Creek.

Weather

Cloud Cover
overcast
Wind Loading
previous
Snow Avail For Transport
moderate amounts

Overcast or obscured with S-1 snowfall.

Snowpack

Storm totals since Friday were... ~15cm in Elk Basin and Indy Basin. 33cm near the Dyke. Not much for any slab avalanche problems, loose snow avalanches remain the primary avalanche problem. I was traveling on a snowmobile and couldn't really get into the sustained 38-degree steep slopes required for the avalanche problem. The old snow interface primarily consists of very weak facets. Those facets are capped by very thin crusts on some east-facing slopes, to 3cm crusts on a SE-facing slope around 11,600ft. I didn't travel much on due south. West-facing slopes were similar to east-facing slopes in upper Indy basin. Very thin crusts or no crust at all capping those facets.