Observation: Cardiff Bowl

Observation Date
1/16/2024
Observer Name
CBrown
Region
Salt Lake » Big Cottonwood Canyon » Cardiff Fork » Cardiff Bowl
Location Name or Route
LCC, Cardiff, Mill D South
Weather
Sky
Few
Wind Direction
West
Wind Speed
Light
Weather Comments
Sunny day with a few high clouds, winds were light, temps rose into the 20's
Snow Characteristics
Snow Surface Conditions
Powder
Wind Crust
Snow Characteristics Comments
Lots of wind damage, seemed as though any thing with some slope angle had been wind hammered, only low angle slopes held soft snow where traveled.
Red Flags
Red Flags
Recent Avalanches
Wind Loading
Poor Snowpack Structure
Comments
The slab is quite thick and hard in many places. I'd expect it to be stubborn to trigger at this point, but if you manage to collapse a pwl that didn't go during the storm it's going to be big. I am also curious if the slopes that have avalanched cleaned out the WL or if it remains and is now reloaded. It appeared that some of the N-E in the deeper core areas (read upper LCC/BCC ridge line area) may not have naturaled during the storm. Looking over at cardiac bowl and ridge I could not see any evidence of filled in crowns or debris piles (not to say for sure they haven't avalanched).
Today's Observed Danger Rating
None
Tomorrows Estimated Danger Rating
None
Coordinates