Northern San Juan

Avalanche

Matt Steen · Dec 20, 2018 · Northern San Juan

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Avalanche

The NW winds did load Spring Gulch with a good step-down natural R2 D2. May have been a cornice failure to a shallow Wind Slab then stepped down to a Persistent Slab. There was an old 12/13 estimated avalanche from the Ophir Peak Ramp. Initiated from an upper couloir. R3D2