Observation: Swan Peak 1/28/2012

Observer Name: 
Darren McAvoy
Region: 
Swan Peak
Garden City Canyon
Bear Lake
Logan
Observation Date: 
01/28/2012
Location or Route: 
Swan Peak
Weather
Sky: 
Few
Wind Direction: 
Southwest
Wind Speed: 
Moderate
Weather Comments: 

Windy on the ridges, sunny, cold.

Snow Characteristics

Snow Characteristic Comments: 

Good low angle riding on most aspects.

Red Flags

Cracking
Collapsing
Red Flag Comments: 

After the third trip on the uptrack skier collapsed the slab, felt it and heard it, resulting in cracking along the contour for many hundreds of feet below. North east slope, 8800 feet. Seems like a steeper slope would have slid. Saw many old avalanches, some where you'd expect, some not so much. Several other collapses and cracking noted.

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