BC Zone Observation Report
Tuesday, April 2, 2019 at 12:00 AM
Gunnison
Details
Date:
2019/04/02
Observer:
Eric Murrow
Location
BC Zone:
Gunnison
Weather
Weather Description:
Partly cloudy skies in the morning with a mix of thin high clouds. Temperatures warmed near the freezing mark up to 11500'. Winds were out of the west blowing light with occasional moderate gusts. Skies increased to mostly cloudy around 2pm with a few flurries. Snow surfaces warmed more than expected from good solar input in the AM along with the mild temperatures.
Snowpack
Snowpack Description:
Less than an inch of new snow overnight, no accumulations during the day. Snow surfaces became moist at valley bottom and southerlies by 1030am and by 130pm, it was easy to trigger shallow, slow-moving wet loose avalanches on southerly slopes at 11,500 feet. North facing slopes became slightly moist up to around 11,500'. Shaded slopes had around 10 inches of snow resting on the 3/29 interface near treeline.
Snowpack Obsvervation
Cracking:
None
Collapsing:
None
Avalanches
Avalanche Description:
Observed a couple natural D1 wet loose avalanches on southerly slopes near treeline. Easily triggered D1 wet loose slides on southerlies in the top couple inches of snow running on a crust - entrained little mass. Northerly slopes near treeline also produced skier triggered shallow loose avalanches in steep terrain - the snow was slightly moist.
Date
Location/Path
#
Elev
Asp
Type
Trig
SizeR
SizeD
2019/04/02
†
Anthracites
2
TL
S
WL
N
D1
Date:
2019/04/02 (Estimated)
Observer:
Eric Murrow
Landmark:
Anthracites
2019/04/02
†
Anthracites
3
TL
SE
WL
AS
D1
Date:
2019/04/02 (Estimated)
Observer:
Eric Murrow
Landmark:
Anthracites
2019/04/02
†
Anthracites
2
TL
N
L
AS
D1
Date:
2019/04/02 (Estimated)
Observer:
Eric Murrow
Landmark:
Anthracites
