Observer Name
Luke S
Observation Date
Wednesday, February 3, 2016
Region
Salt Lake » Big Cottonwood Canyon » Cardiff Fork
Location Name or Route
Cardiff Fork
Comments
Overcast to broken clouds, light wind, a sprinkle of snow now and then. 2-4 cm of new stuff on top of the last few days and some obvious large cornices coming off Cardiac Ridge. I dug a pit WNW about 9500', 185 cm right-side up, SS failed at 155 cm, Q1 and again at 140 cm, Q1 without energy. The CT failed at 155 cm again but was Q3, ECTX. I didn't expect to find such clean breaking surfaces but I guess that's the story of our snowpack right now. Higher up in wind-loaded terrain those layers could have enough energy to cause problems, could being the important word.