Early Sunday (Nov 11) morning, 2-3 inches of snow fell in the upper Cottonwood Canyons. A similar amount if not more possibly fell in the Provo area mountains. It's hard to say. 8-10 inches fell much further south on the Manti Skyline. Above 9500 feet on northerly facing slopes, we guess the snowpack is about 15 inches deep. Very thin snow or bare ground exists on many other aspects and at lower elevations.

The photo below shows coverage on Mt. Timpanogos.

On Monday (Nov 12), my parnter and I found about 15 inches of supportable snow on a north facing slope on Sunset Peak at 10,200 feet at the head of Big Cottonwood Canyon. Several crusts (red arrows in the photo below) made it supportable on skis. We also found weak, faceted snow above and below the crusts.

To get an avalanche, you need 4 ingredients: a steep slope, a trigger (us), a weak layer, and a slab. We had no avalanche concerns because the slab ingredient was missing.

There is no snow expected in the 7 day forecast, only cold dry weather. These conditions will further weaken and facet our fledgling snowpack. The good news is that many slopes are bare ground or have only a few inches of snow.