Northern San Juan

Avalanche

Aaron Ball · Jan 12, 2014 · Northern San Juan

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Weather

Obscured skies, strong W-NW winds. Temps were in the teens.

Snowpack

Unknown exactly in the slide path, but two weeks ago, that slope had significant melt-freeze crusts which were covered by the new storm snow from the past two storms this past week.

Avalanche

Obviously D2, but unknown R value due to poor visibility. However, some crown-like feature seemed to be visible on SE facing slope high in the path. The sidewall of the slide path had been pulled out when the avalanche ran.