Northern San Juan

Snowpack

Ann Mellick Susan Hale · Mar 24, 2017 · Northern San Juan

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Weather

Overcast, snowy and cold with a stiff north wind in the AM. Turning milder under clearing skies after 11. Winds remained brisk above treeline through the day.

Snowpack

Last night's fast and furious storm dropped 18"/1.5" h20 on top of RMP. Thankfully this came with a hard freeze (temps in the teens) so new snow fell on a solid (frozen isothermal) foundation. We did not find persistent week layers, though we did find a weak interface within the new snow. This produced easy shears ~6 cm above the old snow surface.