Northern San Juan

Avalanche

Ann Mellick · Dec 29, 2019 · Northern San Juan

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Weather

Cool and mostly sunny with some lingering stray clouds.

Snowpack

The 145 corridor picked up 20" to 25"+ snowfall since Christmas. Overall, the snowpack is deep and fairly strong, especially for this time of year. Current height of snow vs. this date last year: White Lizard stake- 46"/25" and Burns stake- 35"/5". Only minor (R1D1) sluffing of the new snow during high PI in the last storm. No road hits.

Avalanche

Sunny skies allowed for good visibility of the alpine today: no slabs, only small dry loose slides from steep terrain that likely ran during the storm.