Northern San Juan

Snowpack

Ann Mellick · Feb 20, 2011 · Northern San Juan

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Weather

Brunt of storm moving out. Mod to strong southwest winds up high. Cold. Snowing S1 intermitently.

Snowpack

Storm came in warm and cooled. Dense, wind abraded snow= slabby. Many areas stripped from intense winds. North aspects are the most loaded with impressive cornices along ridgelines. Only two nats noted (N aspects abv tl), though saw evidence of 3 more that seem to have run mid-storm and were subsequently buried by new snow and wind- these were on north and easterly slopes above treeline.