Observation: Toledo Bowl 2/2/2012

Observer Name:

mark white

Region:

Salt Lake
Little Cottonwood Canyon
Toledo Bowl

Observation Date:

02/02/2012

Location or Route:

Cardiff peak, Toledo Bowl, East Hellgate, Eye Brow Cadiff fork

Weather

Sky:

Obscured

Precipitation:

Light Snowfall

Wind Direction:

Northeast

Wind Speed:

Moderate

Weather Comments:

Wind increasing from NE, E as the day progressed

Snow Characteristics

New Snow Depth:

New Snow Density:

Low

Snow Surface Conditions:

Powder

Snow Characteristic Comments:

Five inches of light density snow across the street from Alta. Seemed to be bonding well on N aspects not so much on S an SE, slick bed surface made for some long running sluffs later in the day.

Red Flags

Cracking

Collapsing

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Comments - Photos - Videos (group 1)

Skied Toledo Bowl S facing and Cardiff Bowl SE facing, and the Eye Brow in Cardiff fork N facing. Mostly bottom feeding on S aspects lower angle terrain not so much, N facing soft powder with a few klinkers on the previously avalanched slope. Wind from the E, NE building shallow wind slabs on the W SW facing slopes, and cross loading the NE facing slopes. Pic wind E, NE

Comments - Photos - Videos (group 2)

Small new snow only pocket on East Hellgate propegated about 15ft, steep slope with a slick bed surface. Also cracking and localized collapsing of the fragile melt freeze crust on S aspects with wind loading.

Comments - Photos - Videos (group 3)

Pic new snow sluffing, also SE facing, steep with slick bed surface, BTW no cornices molested today.