Northern San Juan

Snowpack

Chris Marshall · Jan 25, 2014 · Northern San Juan

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Weather

BRK high clouds. Est temps ~0c. Light and intermittent winds from the south

Snowpack

SE aspect ~11,500' @TL. HS ranged from 65 - 105. Snowpack sreucture variable between locations. Prob layer down 25-35 is F hard FC sandwiched between MFcr. Sudden collapses in moderate to hard compression test scores. ECTP 16, RB E6 on that layer. Upper pack is Jan 8-13 snow (radiation crust 3 cm below surface) resting on FC/MFcr matrix (3 interfaces) mid pack. Basement is either sintered FC or total FC junk.