Observation Date
3/27/2020
Observer Name
Ted Scroggin
Region
Uintas
Location Name or Route
Gold Hill
Weather
Sky
Scattered
Wind Direction
Northwest
Wind Speed
Calm
Weather Comments
Quite cold this morning with single digits and near zero in some spots. Broken clouds today until around 1:00 pm when thickening clouds moved in, winds remained clam to very light, but coming from a northerly direction it was brisk on the ridge lines.
Snow Characteristics
New Snow Depth
14"
New Snow Density
Medium
Snow Surface Conditions
Powder
Snow Characteristics Comments
Great few days with the snow slowly stacking up with a solid 12-14" around the Gold Hill area and conditions have greatly improved with some nice medium density snow. Lots of riders out getting after it and enjoying this late March riding.
Red Flags
Red Flags Comments
I did not check any red flags today, but I did notice mainly new snow sluffing with one decent debris pile on the east side of Moffit Peak. Otherwise the snow pack appears to have handled the new snow quite well. I could not get any drifted snow to crack or move today and the hazard was most likely in steep sustained terrain.
Avalanche Problem #1
Problem
New Snow
Trend
Decreasing Danger
Problem #1 Comments
Not widespread, but there was some scattered loose new snow sluffing in very steep terrain. Things seem to settle out quite fast and the hazard felt like it was trending towards the lower end of moderate as the day went on.
Comments
The trail head was quite busy this morning with lots of riders out enjoying the great new snow.
The new snow was a little reactive this morning with some minor sluffing, but I did notice a good size sluff on the east side of Moffit Peak that left a good debris pile.
Some pretty good slope testers today and conditions generally stable.
Nice to see new snow and it was a good refresher for the area covering lots of old hard tracks.
Today's Observed Danger Rating
Moderate
Tomorrows Estimated Danger Rating
Moderate
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