Northern San Juan

Avalanche

Ann Mellick · Mar 6, 2020 · Northern San Juan

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Weather

Sunny and warm with some high thin clouds. SW breeze.

Snowpack

Due west aspect below treeline was surprisingly cold and dry. T-20 was -9c. Snowpack had a thin, but supportive surface crust and was largely 1F slab below, sitting on F facets at the bottom. ECTP 23 and CT 17 on this interface. Southwest aspect was much thinner (HS 87) with a 20 cm surface melt/freeze crust with 4F to F moist facets with perc tubes below ECTP 21. Rotten below crust...

Avalanche

Lots of WL in the Brooklyns that ran yesterday eve. None triggered anything deeper. Larges ran about 2/3 track