Northern San Juan

Avalanche

Jasper Thompson · Dec 10, 2019

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Weather

Clear and Crisp. Unremarkable winds below treeline. Westerly winds transporting snow above treeline.

Snowpack

32” height of snow on North aspect near treeline. Approximately 6” of fist hard storm snow sitting on top of 22” of 4F hard mid pack which is on top of 4” of F hard rounding facets. No depth hoar observed. Significant cross loading and likely hard slab formation in above treeline northerly gullies. We skied north facing terrain which maxed out around 36* near 11000ft with no avalanches, cracking, or collapsing.

Avalanche

None observed