Gunnison

Published

Mar 24th, 2026 11:00 AM

Zach Guy and Eric Murrow

Gunnison

Details

Type

quick

Coordinates

38.889108, -107.130286

Avalanche Information

We observed one gouging wet loose run naturally around noon, one larger wet slab run a couple hours later, and we triggered a handful of gouging wet loose avalanches, almost all on east-facing terrain near treeline. Looking around, we spotted numerous other wet avalanches that likely ran today or yesterday.

Weather

Another hot day with thin partly cloudy skies. cloud cover: few

Snowpack

Wet loose avalanches were more stubborn on south facing terrain where the snowpack has matured through more melt-freeze cycles. They remain easy to trigger in steep terrain on east facing aspects, and often gouge to the ground in shallower areas. The thin 2/25 rain crust remains intact on some northerly slopes with wet snow above and moist snow below. The 2/25 rain crust appears to be melting away on other northerly slopes now. . We experienced two large collapses that radiated ~30', and several smaller collapses with localized cracking, highlighting wet slab instabilities. These were on E and NE aspects NTL.

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