Northern San Juan

Snowpack

Ann Mellick · Dec 11, 2019 · Northern San Juan

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Weather

Cold start (single digits) with increasing temps (high of 32f in Rico) and clouds through the day. Calm winds at pass level

Snowpack

The snowpack along the 145 corridor is deep for this early in the season! HS on LHP is twice what is was this time last year. Most paths are southeast facing and fairly strong as there was no early season snow sitting on them when snow began to fall in mid November. I got an ECTX in a snowpit dug in the White Lizard path. Northerly paths are deeper and weaker. ECTP 21 in Scotch Creek. Overall, paths have filled in and smoothed out with recent storms, though they remain low volume at this time. This weekend's storm may change that.