Northern San Juan
SnowpackChris benson · Feb 18, 2013 · Northern San Juan
Weather
over the last 3 days temperatures were pretty warm with winds initially from the north shifting to the southwest and then returning to the north as of this morning. temperatures were warm enough to create crusts on southerly aspects.
Snowpack
dominated by wind with older loading being on northern aspects and more recently loading on southerly aspects. of interest was a small dust layer about 1 foot down. in addition' buried facets from January high pressure still easily recognizable 2 feet down. 3 days of touring yeilded no cracking and very minor collapsing.