Northern San Juan

Snowpack

ian altman · Nov 26, 2011 · Northern San Juan

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Weather

clear and windy; temps in the low 30's. Winds died down throughout the day but still gusting near 30mps

Snowpack

We noticed deteriorating conditions since the latest storm snow and high winds. It seemed like 2-4”s of new but it was hard to measure since it was spread everywhere! Cross loading on open terrain and tender wind slabs at mid elevations were the norm. Fresh wind slabs were the most prevalent on south the southeast aspects. We triggered nothing but our angles of ascent/decent were low ( below 30) Your update this morning to pockets of considerable below tree line seemed right on track with our observations and I’d suspect this hazard to persist for some time or till warmer temps…?