Northern San Juan

Avalanche

Laura Mack · Mar 15, 2019 · Northern San Juan

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Weather

SCT, C, 2.7 degrees Celsius, 9,300 ft., East

Snowpack

We dug a snow pit for our AIARE 2 class. Here are the results: 140-137: Pencil 137-120: Fist (DF) 120-105: 4 FInger (RL) 105-102: Pen (MF) 102-86: Pen (RG) 86-75: 1 Finger (MF) 75-50: 1 Finger (1m MR) 50-32: Pen (1-2m MR) 32-0: Fist (Depth Hoar) 23 Failure CTH

Avalanche

There were slides on the slopes around us.