Northern San Juan
AvalancheChris Bilbrey · Jan 19, 2019 · Northern San Juan
Snowpack
Close to two feet of new snow fell in this portion of the North San Juan zone during our most recent storm cycle. Evidence of moderate to strong wind-loading with deeper pockets of wind-drifted snow easily over three feet deep below ridges and on cross-loaded terrain features.
Avalanche
Observed widespread natural avalanche cycle on all aspects and elevations. Too many avalanches to keep track of. Majority of slides were D2's with a few D3's running close to full path. Avalanches failed on both storm snow interfaces and deeper persistent weak layers near the ground.