Northern San Juan
SnowpackJeff Davis · Apr 8, 2019 · Northern San Juan
Weather
Very warm and sunny sping day.
Snowpack
The snowpack has under multiple melt-freeze cycles in the avalanche paths closest to the highway. The Ledges, East Riverside North, Blue point, West Lime, Mother Cline and Henry Brown, to name a few, all have rocks and other dark spots on the snow surface helping to make a less continuous surface. As we sometimes say the snow surface looks "tired." In a snowpit near Mother Cline water has made it to the ground, but in a pit above Blue point only the top 60cms had the presence of water. In general the snowpack continues to drain, but with over 7 feet of snow on all but the Monument master stake there is still lots of snow on the slopes. Areas like the Brooklyn's continue to appear to have more winter-like snowpack and seem like are still on the table for a wet avalanche cycle.