Gunnison

Triggered a couple of small wet loose avalanches: A tiny one near treeline, a few inches deep, running on the 2/25 rain crust. Below treeline, it was a full-depth gouger on a small slope.

Hot temps and calm to light winds. "We are only allowed to stop in the shade" - Brie. "Its so hot my cheese is melting" - Zach. cloud cover: clear; wind loading: none; recent snowfall (cm): 0; snow avail for transport: none

Many northerly facing slopes at near and above treeline elevations still have an ice lens on or just below the snow surface. Slopes with the ice crust appear far from developing much of a  wet loose avalanche problem. At 11,200ft, we dug 2 snow pits on E and ENE aspects, on low-angle terrain just above a Climax Chutes. Both snowpits showed water pooling in the February interfaces, and one showed water entering the January Drought Layer.  A stability test showed propagation on the wetted Feb 11 interface after additional loading steps. The slab was 1F hard, mostly dry, and 50 cm thick.  . While skiing the saturated and unsupportive snowpack below treeline this afternoon, a few rollovers produced wet slab cracking that was less than 6' - the slabs are very wet, and losing cohesion and ability to propagate.