Northern San Juan

Snowpack

Josh Hirshberg · Mar 26, 2014 · Northern San Juan

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Weather

Overcast skies becoming obscured. Very light intermittent snowfall until 1pm. Then S1 snow through mid-afternoon. SW winds moderate near treeline, Strong with extreme gusts on ridgetops above treeline. Warm temperatures, but mostly near or below freezing. Observed dust in the air starting around 4:30p.

Snowpack

Variable snowpack. Near and below TL, old snow surfaces were warm/moist and new snow seemed to bond well. however did not observe significant HST. Did not get to observe slopes w/ recent near surface facets.