Observation: North Fork Park 2/13/2012

Observer Name:

brian smith

Observation Date:

02/13/2012

Region:

Ogden
Ben Lomond
North Fork Park

Location or Route:

above north fork park to 6000ft- 8200 ft

Weather

Sky:

Overcast

Wind Speed:

Calm

Weather Comments:

It snowed 2 inches last night with a bunch of graupel mixed in. This is in addition to the 2 inches from two days ago.

Snow Characteristics

New Snow Depth:

Snow Surface Conditions:

Powder

Snow Characteristic Comments:

There is good turning on dry snow above 7000 ft. The below mentioned rain crust is not supportable but easily skied through. There is now about 4 inches ontop of the rain crust. It is more prevalent in this Ben Lomond area than the Snowbasin area at the same elevation I have noticed.

Primary Concern

Primary Concern:

Deep Slabs

snow_profile_location:

Comments - Photos - Videos (group 1)

Video 1:

Comments - Photos - Videos (group 2)

this is a video of the rain crust below 7500 ft. It rained hard on feb 2nd. Below the crust the snow is loose, granular and almost a vaccum. I wonder what will happen if ever get a slab on top of it.

Observed Danger Rating:

Moderate

Forecast Danger Rating:

Moderate