Northern San Juan

Avalanche

Mike Barney · Jan 10, 2018 · Northern San Juan

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Weather

S1 with light southwest winds.

Snowpack

20-25 cm of new snow

Avalanche

ASr-SS-R2-D2-O Remotely triggered from 75' away making turns on a 28* slope. The paths start zone is a NNE aspect at an approximate 35* slope angle. It was a 40cm crown and about 40m wide. It ran 600' starting @11400' This was the largest Avalanche but we also triggered: ASr-SS-R1-D1.5-O 2x ASc-SS-R1-D1-O