Southern San Juan

Avalanche

Chase Wesley · Mar 15, 2015 · Southern San Juan

View on map

Weather

Clear, light winds, no precip.

Snowpack

Slab over facets!! Strong sauce over weak sauce. Probe eval were showing total depth around 80-120 cm in various locals as moving NW up 331. All probes consistent with seeing a slab going down 40-50 cm and then facets to the ground. Hardness test showed slab to be 1F 0-10 cm, Pencil 20-35 cm, knife 35-40 cm, and 1F 40-50 cm and fist from 50-ground. Snow pit was dug on N facing aspect in moderately dense trees, enough to ski through. Aspect angle was 30 degrees. Interface from last storm highly evident well more like non existent.

Avalanche

No signs.