Northern San Juan

Avalanche

Andrew McLean · Mar 20, 2020 · Northern San Juan

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Weather

Ophir town, N facing, >=TL appx 11000ft. Clear skies, 24 degrees, light winds from the SSW at time of observation.

Snowpack

Magnolia slide path lower section. I observed a very obvious MF crust on east and north facing aspects all the way up to tree line. New snow was not well bonded to the crust layer. Hard to tell from this photo if the crown fractured deeper then this. Sure looks like it.

Avalanche

At a glance from the road... This looks like an R3 D3 persistant slab that was skier triggered.