Observation: Bountiful Peak

Observation Date
12/20/2016
Observer Name
kory and alex
Region
Ogden » Bountiful mountains » Bountiful Peak
Location Name or Route
Farmington Canyon to Bountiful Peak area
Weather
Sky
Broken
Wind Direction
Southwest
Wind Speed
Moderate
Weather Comments
Windy up along the wasatch crest again today. Whats new?
Snow Characteristics
Snow Surface Conditions
Powder
Dense Loose
Wind Crust
Snow Characteristics Comments

Mixed bag in Ogden!

Red Flags
Red Flags
Recent Avalanches
Wind Loading
Cracking
Avalanche Problem #1
Problem
Wind Drifted Snow
Trend
Same
Problem #1 Comments

Maybe I have a thing for windy ridges.

Avalanche Problem #2
Problem
Persistent Weak Layer
Trend
Decreasing Danger
Problem #2 Comments

I do think it still exists but hard to trigger. Unlikely to trigger but large!!

Comments

We headed up toward Francis Peak to start than RTO ed back to bountiful peak area. Fun riding skiing was ok. The trailhead in Farmington is sparse but it is covered in ice and snow once you get past the gate. With out more snow the S aspects on the switchbacks will melt out soon. We found mainly riding on a windskin. We did see some larger avalanches from somtime not sure when and some smaller wind slabs from yesterday. Winds were ripping and re-loading all slopes mainly just NE aspects though today. We did come across one very large natural avalanche crown was in the 8-10ft range, huge chunks in debris. Did not go and inspect crown since it had reloaded. This is on a High Elevation NE aspect so it could be to the ground but don't want to exaggerate. This area did have snow pre thanksgiving storm (11/27). We also saw some dry loose avalanches in the extreme terrain on bountiful peak.

Photo 1,2, and 3 Large windslab, Crown filled back in.

Good day but lots of wind!! More fresh windslabs. We stuck to a little more modest terrain today!

Video

Road is Covered but will take a little life of the hyfax!!

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