Northern San Juan

Avalanche

Kit Barton · Dec 7, 2018 · Northern San Juan

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Weather

Snowing moderately 25 cm total snow 5 cm new snow 20 cm from last major storm

Avalanche

S facing aspect at 11,000' in the gully that is just south of the Red and Bonita Mine (N fork of Cement Creek)Intentionally got a steep (38 degree) S facing slope to release a small storm slab with a lot of effort (jumping multiple times on it). In the small gully got a lot of whoomphing that propagated up the sides of the gully, but would not slide due to how small the gully walls were and having enough compression support at the bottom