Northern San Juan
SnowpackWyatt Gober · Feb 27, 2020 · Northern San Juan
Weather
Beautiful! Sunny and warm. Occasional northerly gusts, specifically on ridgelines in the alpine. Estimated speeds of 10-30 mph.
Snowpack
Most everywhere we went had been wind-hammered. On exposed slopes large sastrugi and unbreakable windboard were observed. Some slopes did have drifts of soft snow, particularly a east-northeast slope we skied. South and Southeast slopes warmed in the afternoon and the new snow became less cohesive. The new snow would do some sluffy, slidy action but didn't step down or gain volume as we tried to push the warm snow off the slope in the afternoon.