Observation: West Bowl 1/9/2012

Observer Name:

Trent Meisenheimer

Region:

Salt Lake
Big Cottonwood Canyon
Silver Fork
West Bowl

Observation Date:

01/09/2012

Location or Route:

Big Cottonwood Canyon Days Fork to West Bowl.

Weather

Sky:

Clear

Snow Characteristics

Snow Surface Conditions:

Faceted Loose

Wind Crust

Melt-Freeze Crust

Red Flags

Wind Loading

Cracking

Collapsing

Primary Concern

Primary Concern:

Wind Slabs

Aspect:

North

Northeast

East

West

Northwest

Elevation:

High

Mid

snow_profile_location:

Comments - Photos - Videos (group 1)

Video 1:

Comments - Photos - Videos (group 2)

In this photo it shows an ECT test. My results were ECT 21 Q1. The shear was very clean and had decent energy.

Attention: The whole hill collapsed where I dug my pit. Also Matt Primomo told me that yesterday he collapsed the same slope exactly in the same spot as I did today.

Comments - Photos - Videos (group 4)

ATTENTION: This is not a Rutschblock test.

Notice the collapse and propagation of the snow pit wall. Brody just walked on the slope. Very fast easy clean shear. Failing on facets below the dirt layer.

Observed Danger Rating:

Considerable

Forecast Danger Rating:

Considerable