Southern San Juan

Snowpack

Mark Mueller · May 1, 2021 · Southern San Juan

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Weather

Sunny skies and very warm. Overnight temps did not drop below 32F. Light winds. Increasing afternoon clouds.

Snowpack

Despite above freezing temps, clear skies overnight provided a reliable supportable crust early. It softened quickly on northerly aspects where recent snow from earlier in the week lingered and had not set up sufficiently. Reliable and safer conditions were found on southerly aspects that have already gone through numerous melt/freeze cycles. These aspects provided good riding on our exit between 1100 and noon.