Southern San Juan

Avalanche

Anonymous · Jan 31, 2016 · Southern San Juan

View on map

Weather

Snowing heavily est. 1-2 inch per hr wsw winds

Snowpack

NE aspects in the trees was supportable with pockets of facets mostly around tree wells. Snowpack was definitely at tipping point with new snow load at noon today

Avalanche

Storm slabs sluffing on steeper terrain. Ski cut a couple sleeper open glades which slid 100+ feet entraining quite a bit of snow. Open sections above highway were hitting highway when they sluffed.