Southern San Juan
SnowpackDanny Powers · Feb 9, 2014 · Southern San Juan
Weather
Overcast skies with light snow (S1). Wind predominantly out of the south at 15-25 mph. Sporadic wind gusts up to 30 mph out of the north on ridgelines.
Snowpack
Snow depth averages a little over a meter on northerly aspects around TL. Experienced some moderate collapsing near TL. Snow becomes shallower and more reactive at lower elevations, where the faceted basal layers consist of larger, less cohesive crystals. 30 cm of frozen, knife hard, depth hoar overlain by 20 cm of fist hard facets and reactive crust/facet combo on some lower <TL NE/E aspects. South aspects were mostly bare prior to the last two storm cycles and minor collapsing was observed where snow existed prior to the storms.