Avalanche

Slate River Rd

Evan RossGunnison
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Quick report

This was an afternoon road tour viewing recent avalanches. 

Weather

Cloud Cover
clear
Wind Loading
none
Recent Snowfall
0
Snow Avail For Transport
none

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Snowpack

This was a road tour viewing avalanches. 

I talked to a skier who had found good corn skiing on the south face of Purple and a little more variable conditions on the east face of Mineral Point. They said they started with Mineral, dropping in around 9:45am. 

Avalanche

Size
D1.5
Type
WL
Count
7
Aspect
NE
Trigger
N
Elevation
10200 ft

The natural avalanche cycle has begun. Several small wet loose avalanches running on surface crusts, several gouging wet loose avalanches entraining the wet snowpack, and a couple of wet slabs that were triggered by wet loose avalanches from above.