Southern San Juan

Mostly sunny with light winds from the east. Temperatures were above freezing in the afternoon.

I dug a pit at 11,500 feet on an east-facing slope that had some evidence of wind drifting. With enough of a slab over facets, I got an extended column test to propagate (ECTP 11) just below the new snow. The rest of the snowpack has mostly turned to facets, and the 12/25 crust was still present and knife hard in this area. However, the buried near-surface facets on north- to east-facing slopes near treeline are the bigger concern with more snow on the way.