Northern San Juan

Avalanche

Captain Powder · Dec 26, 2017 · Northern San Juan

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Weather

Overcast, light breeze. 11630ft. N aspect.

Snowpack

45cm depth. Two crust layers surrounded by facets. Compression tests and skiing showed failure at the interface of storm slab and uppermost facet layer. Cracking, but no sliding, snow was observed.

Avalanche

none observed