Northern San Juan

Snowpack

Mark Gober · Nov 29, 2016 · Northern San Juan

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Weather

Very nice blustery day with a cold north wind blowing. Ridgelines above tree line were not places to hang out for too long today.

Snowpack

Dug a variety of quick hand pits and found 45-70cm snow with little slab development below treeline and 15-20 cm of facets at the bottom. Near and above treeline we saw shallow wind slabs sitting on top of an unconsolidated snowpack consisting of the recent new snow and older facets-depending on aspect and elevation. Experienced several large rumbling collapses. When visibility permitted, we could see no recent avalanche activity.