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Observation: No Name Bowl

Observation Date
12/29/2018
Observer Name
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Region
Salt Lake » Park City Ridgeline » No Name Bowl
Location Name or Route
No Name Bowl
Weather
Sky
Broken
Precipitation
Light Snowfall
Wind Direction
Southwest
Wind Speed
Light
Weather Comments
Cloudy and some light snowfall in the AM, blue skies for a few hours in the afternoon then back to cloudy with low lying clouds later. Cold with light to moderate SW winds on the ridge line.
Snow Characteristics
New Snow Density
Low
Snow Surface Conditions
Powder
Wind Crust
Snow Characteristics Comments
Wind crust and wind slabs in wind exposed terrain, light density powder in wind protected terrain.
Comments
Went to No Name Bowl in hopes that the E-SE winds from yesterday morning, did not get a hold of the surface snow in the mid elevation protected N facing bowl. There was some wind damage but mostly on the right side of the bowl. The E facing part of the bowl had very little wind damage. The main activity noted was long running sluffs entraining a good amount of snow in steeper terrain. The E facing part of the bowl is basically a facet farm with last weeks new snow resting on a couple of feet of faceted snow on dirt, probably the deepest pile of facets I’ve seen in a while. We dug a pit on the E facing on a 36 degree slope, there’s not much structure to the snowpack, basically a few feet of faceted snow with a couple layers of decomposing crusts. Pretty sure that this slope will not hold much weight of it gets a load.
Photos: sluffs we triggered while skiing or from the ridge line, snow pit with the decomposing crusts isolated.
Today's Observed Danger Rating
Moderate
Tomorrows Estimated Danger Rating
Moderate