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Observation: Weber Canyon

Observation Date
2/19/2016
Observer Name
jg
Region
Uintas » Upper Weber Canyon » Weber Canyon
Location Name or Route
Weber Canyon
Weather
Sky
Few
Wind Direction
South
Wind Speed
Moderate
Weather Comments
South winds were moving snow today. 9K temps in the low 30's and 10k temps in the mid twenties
Snow Characteristics
New Snow Depth
7"
New Snow Density
Medium
Snow Surface Conditions
Powder
Dense Loose
Wind Crust
Damp
Snow Characteristics Comments

About 7" of settled storm snow at 10K. Observed a fair amount of graupel in the new storm snow and was finding graupel pools up to 5" deep.

Red Flags
Red Flags
Wind Loading
Cracking
Rapid Warming
Red Flags Comments
Nothing alarming though.
Avalanche Problem #1
Problem
Normal Caution
Trend
Same
Problem #1 Comments

Wind slabs up high. Yesterday's west winds after the frontal passage were loading east facing slopes and today's south winds were loading north, although I wasn't finding much more than soft shallow slabs.

Wet loose activity will be another thing to watch if the sun comes out and stays out.

Snow Profile
Aspect
West
Elevation
9,900'
Slope Angle
30°
Comments

CT results and faceted grains that pit tests failed on. My ECT propagated across the column on this layer.

Wind textured storm snow and soft, shallow upper elevation wind slab.

It's probably worth carrying some kind of saw on your sled, be it a hand saw or a chain saw, as there are a lot of trees down.

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