Northern San Juan

Avalanche

SJE Women's AIARE 2 · Feb 16, 2025 · Northern San Juan

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Weather

Warm (-3c) and sunny. Increasing clouds and light wind around 1pm.

Snowpack

Minor cracking on WSW wind slabs above treeline. Minor collapsing on SE/flat terrain below treeline. Mid storm instabilities noted in CT, most significantly we got a CT 28@30cm with HS107 below a pencil hard layer and above fist layer of 7mm depth hoar. 11,900 at WSW aspect. Surface snow warming.

Avalanche

Many small loose wet avalanches in front yard on SW aspect under rocks/cliffs between ~11000 and ~12000 ft.