Snowpack

East River. 9,500ft to 9,000ft. N to NE

Evan RossGunnison
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Snowpack

HS averaged around 55cm to 60cm. We got one collapse with shooting cracks on a 30-degree NE-facing slope with a 4F slab over F hard facets. This slope also produced 2 ECTP results on the basal facets. We skied slope angles up to 40 degrees without any other obvious signs of instability. We managed the terrain for previous cross-loading, though many of those areas appeared to be hard/thin wind boards vs thicker slabs.