Northern San Juan

Snowpack

Mark Gober · Jan 8, 2017 · Northern San Juan

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Weather

Warm, wet day. S-1 in the morning and by 1330 it ramped up to S2 in Cement Creek.

Snowpack

Dug a sorta quick pit in 150cm on a SE aspect at TL. I found no m/f crusts and a surprisingly strong snowpack. Facets at the bottom were present but not large nor was the layer more than 20cm deep. I was able to get one CT18Q3 60cm down but was not able to repeat it. ECT had no failure. There were several interfaces from the different storms but they did not appear to be reactive. Looked more like what I would expect on a northerly aspect. As we descended I was able to feel a m/f crust 40-50cm down. I did not do any tests though.