Northern San Juan

Today felt significantly warmer than yesterday, and zipper crusts were warming by 11am. Yesterday's daytime highs stayed below freezing at 12,000 feet while today they rose to around 35 degrees by early afternoon. Winds remained light. Good overnight freeze.

Wind-drifted areas have settled and bonded well to old surfaces. I've seen no signs of instability since the 3rd during my travels, apart from some isolated and small wet loose activity due to warming. East to south to west aspects have developed a crust, whereas the norths still hold cold snow. Any crossloading from north winds on the 3rd failed to stiffen surfaces apart from right at the ridgeline. Textured ripples are soft, bonded, and show no signs of instability even on steep slopes where I travelled.