Field Report
Gunnison - CO
2024/11/12
Backcountry Area: Gunnison
Author: CBAC Public
Organization: Forecaster, CAIC
Report Information
Observation Summary
No signs of instability on the approach, but as we gained the ridge experienced lots of wind loading on to East aspects in the basin. Snow had just started around 10:00am, but within a half hour we saw totals of around .5 inches at upper elevations. Dug a pit at 11,400 feet on a Protected NE aspect, and observed a solid snowpack top to bottom F-4F, at 53 cm in depth. Conducted a CT, with results CT-N. Skied down the basin, traveling on variable snow conditions from wind crusts to pow without incident
CAIC Notes
from CBAC database
Area Description
Ruby Range
Route Description
Purple Palace
Avalanche
Saw an avalanche
Small Avalanche on a Wind Loaded East aspect off of Purple Ridge.
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Date | # | Elev | Asp | Type | Trig | SizeR | SizeD | Problem Type | Location |
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11/09/2024
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1 | >TL | E | SS | N | R1 | D1 | Wind Slab |
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Date and Time
11/09/2024 -
12:00pm
(estimated)
Location
38.98
-107.084
Area Description
Purple Palace |
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