Northern San Juan

Snowpack

Mark Gober · Dec 13, 2012 · Northern San Juan

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Weather

increasing SW winds ahead of storm. Temps mild and high cirrus clouds streaming above.

Snowpack

Thin, weak snowpack. Above TL it is very patchy and snowpack is not too connected over large areas. Blw TL it is a 20-50cm snowpack that consists mainly of facets. Near TL there is a small 10 cm slab on top. We had several collapses on both flat and steep terrain. One collapse on a 35 deg slope dropped the snow around 3", but the slope did not slide.