Obs-Snow Profile: Patsy Marley 12/9/2010

Observer Name:

Greg Gagne

Region:

Salt Lake
Little Cottonwood Canyon
Grizzly Gulch
Patsy Marley

Observation Date:

12/09/2010

Location or Route:

Grizzly Gulch - Patsy Marley

Weather

Sky:

Overcast

Wind Direction:

West

Wind Speed:

Light

Weather Comments:

-2 C at 9800' in the shade at 11 am. Much warmer skiing out early afternoon.

Snow Characteristics

New Snow Depth:

New Snow Density:

High

Snow Surface Conditions:

Powder

Wind Crust

Snow Characteristic Comments:

About a 1" snow event overnight with mostly graupel. Was not getting clean shears at the new snow/old snow interface. Did look at this interface suspecting a possible surface hoar event with high humidity the past few nights, but no surface hoar was observed. Shady aspects provide fast & fun skiing,

snow_profile_location:

United States

40° 35' 28.3524" N, 111° 36' 40.4028" W

Comments - Photos - Videos (group 1)

Not much new to say. Submitted an observation as I did a full pit profile that I wanted to upload. Stability tests all show a big green circle for our current avalanche danger rose. Snowpack was deep (180 cm) at 9800' in upper LCC. Strength/energy looks real good. Some structure issues with stouter slabs sitting on top of weaker snow underneath, but the weak layers look pretty strong - and are continuing to gain strength - and the slabs have no energy.

Observed Danger Rating:

Low

Forecast Danger Rating:

Low

Snow Profile Location

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