Northern San Juan

Snowpack

Susan Hale · Apr 28, 2011 · Northern San Juan

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Weather

Temps rose to mid 40's on the pass. Clear and windy.

Snowpack

Lots of slab releases on almost all aspects. These are very touchy - a small roller triggered one little slab. Thinking most occurred during or shortly after recent storm event - some crowns and debris became more obvious after the warm-up today. Most were near and below TL with only a couple of exceptions. All in all a decent avalanche cycle. Pretty much agree with Mark's comments regarding the rain layer and the dust. As mentioned, there were a couple of slabs that originated from above TL. Thus there remains cause for some concern for a high elevation warm-up as well.