Southern San Juan
SnowpackKB and AH · Nov 7, 2024 · Southern San Juan
Weather
The majority of the snow from Storm #4 fell at the onset on November 5th in the vicinity of Wolf Creek Pass. Incremental loading since then has accounted for around 1.6 inches SWE on nearby SNOTEL stations. Current conditions on November 7th were generally calm winds with light scattered snowfall and impaired visibility above treeline.
Snowpack
The snowpack consists of an average of 60-100cm near treeline with about 35cm of recent storm snow sitting on top of layers from the previous 3 storms. The general snowpack is right-side-up, with two harder layers. The first is a pencil-hard melt-freeze crust above the basal layer and the second a finger-hard melt-freeze crust that is breaking down above the second storm snow layer. Both layers are thin (2-3 cm). CT results provided broken results within the new storm snow and moderate planar results at the pencil and finger hard layers. None of these layers provided propagating results during an ECT.