Northern San Juan

Snowpack

Anonymous · Jan 25, 2011 · Northern San Juan

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Weather

Sunny leading to partial clouds, to cloudy. Winds began to pick up from the S at around 3:45p temps around 35F at 12:00p and down to 20F at 3:30

Snowpack

varying pack depending on location in tree and amount of sun exposure. Shaded W facing slopes around 35 degree were 75-150 cm deep. approx 30cm more snow at 11,500ft than at 10,000ft. New snow was about 6-8 inches deep, no slab development below TL, clean shears on cold aspects. Mif pack was generally solid, ground had 3-8 inches of facets 2-6mm in size, very reactive at ground,