Southern San Juan

It is becoming difficult to trigger an avalanche. The most likely place you could run into trouble is where you find a shallow spot on a steep slope. Here, you could trigger an avalanche that breaks on weak layers in the top meter of the snowpack. Recently, steep northerly and easterly slopes produced the largest avalanches. Identify and avoid isolated areas, like shallow trigger points, where you can trigger a slide.

After multiple days of warming, loose wet avalanches are less likely, but not out of the question in the afternoon. Avoid traveling on or under slopes where you observe rollerballs, pinwheels, or fan-like point releases.