La Sal Mountains
This report is getting very dull I must agree. At the very least, mild temperatures and sunny skies make for beautiful days in mountains. Travel is easy and the snow is mostly stable making it possible to get up into the high country or undertake a mountaineering adventure. Winds are light from the NW this morning but will increase to 15-20 mph along the ridge tops. Overnight lows have been in the low 20's. The snow surface remains an extremely mixed bag with a variety of hard and breakable wind and sun crusts in exposed areas. Some of the wind crusts are breaking down and it is possible to find soft, re-crystallized snow up there. On shady aspects below tree line, faceted grains, or sugar snow have taken over most of the pack. South faces at mid and upper elevations are hanging in there but getting thin. "Corn"-like conditions exist on these sunnier aspects, with a firm, supportable crust in the morning that softens through the course of the day. There is currently 35" on the ground in Gold Basin, and 21" at the Geyser Pass Trailhead.
Winds and Temperature on Pre-Laurel Peak (11,705')
Temperature and new snow totals in Gold Basin (10,050')
Total snow depth and temperature near Geyser Pass Trailhead (9850')
Abajo Mountains
Camp Jackson continues to report 19" on the ground at 9000'. Low snow conditions with weak, faceted snow prevail. Many sun exposed slopes showing bare ground.
Winds and temperature on Abajo Peak (11,330')
Snow totals at Camp Jackson (8968')