Southern San Juan

Avalanche

Mark Mueller · Apr 7, 2017 · Southern San Juan

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Weather

Warm temps and windy with periods of cloudiness during the day. Clouds thickening and winds increasing as the afternoon progressed.

Snowpack

Found the snowpack in transition (winter-spring) from the significant new snow that fell early in the week. Settled powder was found on N aspects, but MF crusting was widespread there as well. By noon, conditions favoring wet snow avalanches were developing on Serly aspects.

Avalanche

Observed LW avalanche activity that I got close to was several days old.