I made a trip around to the east side of the range on Saturday to get a look at some of the bigger lines in the range including Tuklear Reaction and the Southeast Face of Mount Peale since corn in February seems to be the current condition du jour. I'm afraid things are looking awfully thin out there. Corn-like conditions are developing on sun exposed slopes but the problem is in finding a continuous line as many southerly aspects are melted out down to the ground. Elsewhere, expect to find a variety of crusted surface conditions with only occasional pockets of soft, powder-like snow in extremely sheltered areas.
Cloudy skies on Monday will put a damper on the corn but sunny conditions return for the rest of the week.
Southwest side of the range. Tuklear Reaction is the prominent gully off of Mount Tukunikivatz. Starting zone is completely void of snow and the bottom of the line is melted out also.
The SE face of Mount Peale to the right, melted out as if it were May. The south slopes are dry ground.
Bare south facing slopes above 11,000'
North faces hanging in there but the snow isn't exactly soft.
La Sal Mountains Current Weather
Wind speeds and temperature at 11,700' on Pre-Laurel Peak.
New snow totals and temperature at Geyser Pass Trailhead.
New snow totals and temperature in Gold Basin.
Abajo / Blue Mountains.
Low snow conditions continue to plague the Abajo Mountains.
Winds and temperature on Abajo Peak.
Snow total at Buckboard Flat.