Northern San Juan

Snowpack

Josh Hirshberg · Mar 30, 2014 · Northern San Juan

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Weather

Warm temps well above freezing. cooling mid-afternoon. OVC skies becoming X. Brief moment of S-1 snowfall. SW ridgetop winds were light with moderate gusts in the AM becoming strong by late afternoon. intense blowing snow at highest elevations by late afternoon. Significant dust event started around 16:00.

Snowpack

Lack of overnight freeze evident below 10,500ft. Did not see much new Wind Slab development until 16:00. Many sunny slopes near TL had crusts on the surface and lack of available snow for transport.