Observation: Back Bowls

Observation Date
4/3/2014
Observer Name
Kobernik
Region
Salt Lake » Big Cottonwood Canyon » Brighton Perimeter » Back Bowls
Location Name or Route
Around figure 8 hill
Weather
Weather Comments
Partial clearing in the morning with clouds and a few light flurries afternoon. Cold to begin with. Not excessively warm today but enough to 'set off' the snow.
Snow Characteristics
New Snow Depth
2"
New Snow Density
Low
Snow Surface Conditions
Powder
Snow Characteristics Comments

Couple of inches of LARGE stellars, very low density prior to daytime heating.

Snow Profile
Aspect
North
Elevation
10,000'
Slope Angle
32°
Comments

Made a few runs in the morning and exited before things got too wet and sticky. Daytime heating started effecting the snow surface on north aspects around 11:15am. All aspects damp below 9500'. Suspect high steep north stayed dry.

Snow layering seemed well behaved with no significant instability noted. Lots of steep lines in Wolverine Cirque dropped without incident. Manageable surface sluffing was the only thing noteworthy. Seemed like things didn't heat quite enough to initiate wet activity.

Today's Observed Danger Rating
Moderate
Tomorrows Estimated Danger Rating
Moderate
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