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Observation: Grizzly Gulch

Observation Date
4/9/2013
Observer Name
Aaron Rice
Region
Salt Lake
Location Name or Route
LCC
Weather
Sky
Few
Wind Direction
Northeast
Wind Speed
Strong
Weather Comments
Went for an afternoon ski around wolverine and twin lakes pass. Wind was the name of the game on high ridge lines. Wind was howling and moving lots of snow.
Snow Characteristics
Snow Surface Conditions
Powder
Dense Loose
Wind Crust
Melt-Freeze Crust
Damp
Snow Characteristics Comments
The skiing was mostly powder but as the wind blew and the sun came out we had to be more calculated with which slopes still had fun snow.
Red Flags
Red Flags
Wind Loading
Cracking
Comments
The skin from Tuskarora to Wolverine was a full on sandblast (taken around 4:30pm)
This picture was taken from the grizzly gulch cat track looking down LCC at 6pm. You can see snow being blown into LCC from Emma's ridge and snow is even being blown over Superior and down into Snowbird.