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Observation: Park City Ridgeline

Observation Date
11/18/2018
Observer Name
Hardesty
Region
Salt Lake » Park City Ridgeline
Location Name or Route
Park City Ridgeline
Weather
Sky
Few
Weather Comments
Mostly clear.
Snow Characteristics
New Snow Depth
1"
New Snow Density
Low
Snow Surface Conditions
Powder
Faceted Loose
Snow Characteristics Comments
Saturday's storm dropped a cool inch of low density snow. If that. This, in turn, capped with a few mm radius surface hoar in the drainage bottoms.
Red Flags
Red Flags
Poor Snowpack Structure
Red Flags Comments
Same. Most areas have a few inches of faceted snow above a good bed surface (early October crusts).
Comments
Parked at Guardsman Pass and walked to Scott Pass and then north to South Monitor. Looked at structure along the PC ridge with an eye to determine extent of problematic structure around the compass. West to north to east at the mid and upper elevations harbored a couple inches to up to 8" of facets above the old October crusts. East and west held a thinner (and perhaps more problematic) layer of facets above a slick crust. Snow depths in starting zones above 9000' averaged 35-45cm. Profile below in slightly deeper snowpack although structure is the same. Second photo is of westerly aspect at 9700' with a few cms of facets above a very thick crust.
Video
Photos below of northeast facing mid-BCC as well as representative terrain on the PC ridgeline.
Weak snow exists on east to just barely southeast before fading away to bare ground on the PC ridge.
  • Meadow Chutes and Kessler
  • Gobbler's and Raymond
  • Radar Love in upper White Pine
  • South Monitor
  • Scott Hill
Pics of faceted grains above the crusts...and surface hoar in the drainages...
Today's Observed Danger Rating
None
Tomorrows Estimated Danger Rating
None