Northern San Juan

Snowpack

Jeremy Yanko · Jan 10, 2022 · Northern San Juan

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Weather

Gorgeous and calm January day.

Snowpack

Warm and moist surface on top of supportable and intact 1F crust found via SE up route, lending to some Spring style glopping. HS ranging from 65cm to 165cm between 10,400 to ~12k on southeast, east and N/NE. Variable surfaces and coverages above treeline comprised of near surface facets, knife hard slabs and 20cm's of recent storm snow. Dug two holes and documented for this FR. One near 12k on E slope, HS 135cm with fair structure giving mod-high snowpack test scores. Additionally, below treeline on N/NE aspect, HS 165cm with good structure for top 100cm. CT and ECT snowpack scores were high but still able to impact weak layer interface with these tests performed.