Southern San Juan
AvalancheIan Altman · Jan 3, 2019 · Southern San Juan
Weather
Clear and cold with no noticeable winds below tree-line. Above tree-line high velocity north/ northeast winds where very noticeable with leeward mid-slope loading happening on south/southwest faces.
Snowpack
Strom slab depth was 12-18 inches depending on elevation and aspect. Poor bonding of storm slab was very noticeable with cracking and woolphing happening on all aspects.
Avalanche
Non were seen nor triggered by our group but the storm slab would have no doubt ran if the slopes we entered were steeper. Snowpack required extremely conservative route choices and it was one of those days we chose descend our skin track.