Southern San Juan

Snowpack

Mark Mueller · Jan 22, 2019 · Southern San Juan

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Weather

5" of new snow with 0.45" of water content this morning. Overcast skies, temps in the teens, with decreasing NW winds during the day. Light snow lingered until about 1500 with little additional accumulation.

Snowpack

No signs of instability- cracking or collapsing. No observed evidence of wind slab development (NE-E-SE near treeline). Moderate NW winds were eroding new snow from northerly aspects.