Northern San Juan

Avalanche

Andrea Jeter · Mar 4, 2017 · Northern San Juan

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Weather

Overcast to partly sunny all day- light winds

Snowpack

New snow fell early in the week- 12+ inches of light fluffy snow in most places we traveled in. When digging pit found several visible layers- soft- fist hardness in top 2 feet of pit turned to finger then pencil

Avalanche

Many loose wet slides around Rico- Likely ran 3-3-17 Barlow Trail had wet loose slides on the south facing slide areas