Northern San Juan

Snowpack

Ann Mellick · Jan 15, 2022 · Northern San Juan

Weather

Sunny and rapidly warming after a cold night.

Snowpack

Paths along the corridor: Mother Cline: holds a thin layer of cold/weak snow. E Riverside North: thin with a firm crusty surface. E Riverside main: has not gained (and has lost) volume since mitigation the last week of Dec. Last night's north winds exposed old crowns and stripped the upper edges of the start zones. W Riverside: looks to have run from the NE facing main bowl. Could be confirmed with drone. S aspects are wind stripped and baked (low volume). Lookers left NE facing path has not yet run. Slippery Jim and E Guadalupe: start zones are very thin and paths hold little volume. W. Guad ?, Blue Point Group: mitigated on New Years Day with little new load since. A hasty pit above Willow Swamp showed a 4" crust with large facets below- weak. Eagle Group: wind stripped and sun cooked with little volume. Brooklyns: tracks hold plenty of snow, but upper start zones remain thin. have not received significant new snow load since last being mitigated on New Year's Day.