Southern San Juan

Snowpack

Becs Hodgetts · Mar 7, 2021 · Southern San Juan

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Weather

Warm and mostly clear, calm.

Snowpack

Snowpack below 9600 feet on south and east was wet to the ground and trapdoor by noon. As you climb higher to around 10600 feet, the snow cover was held together by a stout melt freeze crust 5-10cm below the surface. Below this crust - snow was moist however no perc columns were noted. From 11400 to 11800 the upper 2cm were moist, with dry snow below. A snowpit on northeast near treeline showed Persistent weak layers buried 60cm below the surface that were not reactive in ECT tests. A buried near surface facet layer 10cm below the surface ECTN4. Water from the surface was around 5cm from this layer, and grains had already begun rounding.