Northern San Juan

Snowpack

Josh Hirshberg · Mar 1, 2014 · Northern San Juan

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Weather

Strong SW winds thru the day w/ blowing snow and drifting @ all elev. Warm air temp. Clouds slowly lifted, wind speeds slowed and snow began letting up by 15:00.

Snowpack

New snow had a thick, wind affected feel even in sheltered area. More cohesive and reactive than Friday. Notable was consistent failures at a 1/28 mid-storm interface in the lowest 10cm of storm snow. Occasional poor bond of storm snow to 1/27 crust on sunny slopes. Observed some minor cracking in new snow.