Northern San Juan

Snowpack

Colin Mitchell · Jan 16, 2018 · Northern San Juan

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Weather

Sunny skies with some high thin clouds and moderate winds

Snowpack

The snowpack is stabilizing in near and below treeline areas, but structure is very concerning. No collapsing or whumpfs, but north facing slopes still producing propagating fractures in ECT tests. ECTP 11 x 2 on north-facing test slopes. The snow was slabbing up above treeline on the ridge. Wind speeds were good for loading, and a fair bit of snow was moving at and just above the snow surface.