Northern San Juan

Avalanche

skippie zeller · Mar 10, 2019 · Northern San Juan

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Weather

mostly clr, lite NW, 20F

Snowpack

30+cm new sitting on rain crust from 3/8. no settling, cracking, or whumping. no pits dug

Avalanche

believe this was cornice drop, ocuring during last snow fall of 3/9. largest piece in lower left is size of VW, the 2 "dark clumps" uphill, are conifir aprox 20' tall brought down by slide. top right of center is dark line running tree islands to tree islands. believe this is +/-90cm crown triggered by cornice drop. estimate this slide at R2.5D3, photo from 11,100' and ridge at 11,900'.c