Obs-Snow Profile: Tony Grove Road 2/10/2012

Observer Name:

Toby Weed

Observation Date:

02/10/2012

Region:

Logan
Logan River
Tony Grove
Tony Grove Road

Weather

Sky:

Overcast

Precipitation:

Moderate Snowfall

Wind Direction:

Northwest

Wind Speed:

Moderate

Weather Comments:

Pretty winter-like, with snowfall and drifting until early afternoon, then cleared a bit in the afternoon...

Snow Characteristics

New Snow Depth:

New Snow Density:

Medium

Snow Surface Conditions:

Powder

Red Flags

Red Flag Comments:

We did not encounter any obvious signs of instability...

Primary Concern

Primary Concern:

Deep Slabs

Probability:

Moderate

Aspect:

North

Northeast

Northwest

Elevation:

High

Mid

Trend:

Same

Primary Concern Comments:

Still finding propagation with ECT, and moderate, sometimes easy failures with CT. Shears were clean and energetic in this area... Quality 1

Elevation:

7600'

Aspect:

East

Slope Angle:

snow_profile_location:

United States

41° 53' 16.332" N, 111° 36' 7.1856" W

Comments - Photos - Videos (group 1)

I was showing the local snow to some folks from the Logan Ranger District.... Here are the results from a compression test and an extended column test on a small slope just off the Tony Grove Road...

Video 1:

Observed Danger Rating:

Moderate

Forecast Danger Rating:

Moderate

Snow Profile Location

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