Northern San Juan
AvalanchePaul Riley · Dec 18, 2020 · Northern San Juan
Weather
21 degrees, snowing from 10 AM to 12 PM, followed by blue skies.
Snowpack
I did not do a snowpack test/ dig a pit... I know... I know! We stayed on terrain with slope angles <28 degrees. Currently, there appears to be 14 cm of new snow.
Avalanche
2. Photo you have attached. This was a persistent slab issue. I heard via 3rd hand that skiers skinning up talking triggered it. It is 400 m E of the parking area at 11,110 feet, West Aspect. County Road 14. North of the Beavertown? route: https://caltopo.com/m/RJ3K The other was about 600 m Southeast of the parking area, NE aspect. about a 30 m area that had no obvious trigger. I did not grab a photo of that.