Valanga

Northern San Juan

Ben PritchettNorthern San Juan
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Weather

Cool, calm, dry.

Snowpack

The weak snowpack below treeline was fairly similar on west through north to east-facing terrain. Not much southerly-facing terrain in this area, but mostly bare where south-facing slope exist. The snowpack is around 1 foot deep below 9,000 feet, but quickly doubles as you get over 9,500 feet. It looks like this area saw some rain on snow during the Thanksgiving storm, which I suspect caused this stark increase in snowpack depth around 9,000 feet.

Avalanche

Saw evidence of several small avalanches below treeline on east-facing terrain below treeline from the Thanksgiving storm.