Northern San Juan
AvalancheDustin Eldridge · Jan 14, 2017 · Northern San Juan
Weather
Sun poked out temporarily (Around 11) and temps warmed after an impressive snowfall event this morning
Avalanche
Widespread crowns. From our observations saw most deeper crowns (likely persistent slabs) on E-S-W facing slopes with most crowns observed on more southerly slopes above treeline. Still plenty of crowns near and below treeline as well. North facing slopes seemed to have more storm slabs as opposed to persistent w/ smaller crowns. One slide went across County Road 2 off of S-face of Mccomber Peak just past the Mayflower Mill and ran full track to the river. Mature aspen trees were completely bent over with a lot of wood in the debris pile, which had been plowed. Another slide on S-facing slope south of Boulder Gulch propagated quite wide and appeared to have pulled out sympathetic slides as well. Crown approximately 400-600 yards wide. Two previously mentioned slides easily R4 D3, if not D4.