Northern San Juan

Snowpack

Ann Mellick · Jan 3, 2011 · Northern San Juan

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Weather

cool, cloudy, light snow flurries, light SW wind

Snowpack

Most recent storm snow is fairly dense from strong winds during the storm. Roughly 2/3 of snopx is from last 2 storms. General HS is 150-170cms. Snowpack is slowly strengthening, but persistent basal weakness remains a problem. NW facing pit at 12k: CT tests show mod-hard results, but Q1-2 failures on old facets near the bottom. That means slides may be getting harder to trigger, but resultant slide would be quite large.