Northern San Juan

Snowpack

Jeff Davis · Jan 7, 2024 · Northern San Juan

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Weather

Snow flurries throughout the tour with little accumulation. Winds were light with temperatures in the low double digits.

Snowpack

The most interesting change I observed today was how yesterdays soft drifted areas on ridgelines where not reactive, but today they where much stiffer and cracked and collapsed as I traveled over them. Open areas near treeline also had a bit more of a slab likely created by overnight wind....