Field Report
Northern San Juan - CO
2024/12/28
Backcountry Area: Northern San Juan
Organization: Anonymous
Report Information
Area Description
Mineral Creek
Route Description
Toured up telephone pole ridge and dropped into north-facing trees around 11,400ft, skied into the drainage and hiked up to ski a small south-facing slope.
Avalanches
Saw an avalanche
saw a few avalanches on the drive up, mostly on north-northeast facing.
Snowpack
Cracking:
Moderate
Collapsing:
Moderate
More new snow than expected, collapsing every few steps while on more northern-facing slopes. No collapsing on south-facing slopes.
Weather
Winds picked up around 3:00 blowing from the north.