Southern San Juan
Quick reportKrista Beyer · Jan 30, 2026 · Southern San Juan
Weather
Calm, clear, and cold (although the sun is a real heater). Winds picked up and shifted to the north on Thursday.
Snowpack
Below treeline north slopes hold trapdoor conditions. The snow is weakening to the point you may start to get some loose dry on very shallow and steep areas (isolated and stubborn, but start keeping an eye out as conditions continue to weaken). Near treeline wind slabs still exist, but are isolated and stubborn in this area. I did observe some minor collapsing while travelling at this elevation band. Above treeline contains a mix of surface conditions. On north, northeast, and northwest slopes there are a variety of breakable wind skims overlying softer grains. Thicker slabs formed with the recent snow were isolated to cross-loaded terrain features. I found an area with a handful of mid-pack slabs from previous wind events. Although the strong over weak structure exists, I received no test results on these layers.
Avalanche
One natural avalanche R1, D1, SS observed from the last storm cycle.