Observation Date
3/26/2013
Observer Name
Ted Scroggin
Region
Uintas
Location Name or Route
Mill Creek
Weather
Sky
Broken
Wind Direction
Southwest
Wind Speed
Light
Weather Comments
Mostly cloudy with brief patches of blue sky and sun with warming temperatures.
Snow Characteristics
Snow Surface Conditions
Dense Loose
Wind Crust
Snow Characteristics Comments
Very nice dense settled powder like conditions, with a supportable base and go anywhere conditions. The riding and turning continues to be quite good.
Red Flags
Red Flags Comments
No red flags observed today, but some gusty winds from Monday created a few shallow wind slabs that seemed to be pretty relaxed today.
Avalanche Problem #1
Problem
Persistent Weak Layer
Trend
Decreasing Danger
Problem #1 Comments
Likely a few isolated wind slabs that were created on Monday from gusty southwest winds. A person might stumble into some of these if their travels take them into steeper committing terrain.
Comments
The Uintas have slowly filled-in with decent coverage and quite good riding and turning conditions. Second photo is Monday's gusty southwest winds that was moving snow around along the higher ridgelines.
With the current snow conditions riders this weekend were really getting into some of the steeper terrain.
