Observation: Uintas

Observation Date
1/25/2013
Observer Name
Michael Janulaitis
Region
Uintas
Location Name or Route
Duke
Weather
Sky
Overcast
Wind Speed
Calm
Snow Characteristics
New Snow Depth
3"
New Snow Density
Medium
Snow Surface Conditions
Powder
Dense Loose
Wind Crust
Melt-Freeze Crust
Rain-Rime Crust
Damp
Red Flags
Red Flags
Wind Loading
Collapsing
Poor Snowpack Structure
Snow Profile
Aspect
Northwest
Elevation
10,400'
Slope Angle
28°
Comments

Quite a warm day in the Uintahs. I heard it rained at over 8500 ft on Wolf Creek Pass around 3:00. I was lucky to be skiing at between 10000 and 10600 when the cell moved through. There was some settling while I skinned a long the ridgeline but other than that no activity seen anywhere. The snow is failing just below the melt-freeze layer about 20cm down ECTN 12 BRK and CTN 11 RP on top a 10 cm layer of fist hard facets.

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