Northern San Juan

Snowpack

Josh Hirshberg · Mar 22, 2017 · Northern San Juan

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Snowpack

Profile dug on N aspect 11,400ft in the north end of Lower Senator Beck Basin. HS 205cm. Dug 150cm below surface. Top 25cm was moist. All underlying layers were dry. Notable was Feb 23rd Near Surface Facets and Feb 11th Graupel found 51cm below the surface. Nov Facets in bottom 10cm (near ground) have seen significant rounding and are 2.0mm and 1F+ hard. Tests and profile checklist did not indicate potential for propagation or human triggering.