Observation Date
3/8/2020
Observer Name
mark white
Region
Salt Lake » Big Cottonwood Canyon » Cardiff Fork
Location Name or Route
Cardiff Fork
Comments
Headed up to Cardiff Pass around 11:30 from LCC, skied a few runs in the NE facing Little Superior area with an exit out Cardiff Bowl and East Hellgate. The new snow seemed to be fairly well bonded to the old snow in all but steep terrain. Long running sluffs could be initiated on the steep N facing as well as the steeper S facing running on the slick underlying crusts. Without much wind the snow was well behaved and did not seemed slabbed up in the terrain covered. The light was so flat it was hard to tell what had sluffed out naturally and what hadn't but the sluffs were easily mitigated with ski cuts. The underlying crust on the S facing was much more stout than on the N so you might wanna watch out for wet activity on the S facing if the sun comes out tomorrow.
photos: sluffing on steep N and SE


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