Observation: Little Superior

Observation Date
12/1/2020
Observer Name
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Region
Salt Lake » Little Cottonwood Canyon » Little Superior
Location Name or Route
Little superior NE facing
Weather
Sky
Few
Wind Direction
North
Wind Speed
Light
Weather Comments
Cold in the sun and the shade this morning, not much wind except on the ridge line.
Snow Characteristics
New Snow Depth
1"
New Snow Density
Low
Snow Surface Conditions
Faceted Loose
Wind Crust
Snow Characteristics Comments
Faceted loose on the N with some new windslabs from the wind last night. Frozen crust with a trace on top on the south, never softened up much throughout the day
Comments
Travelled to LSB NE facing today, the windslabs from last week have broken down, and are becoming unsupportable, but the wind from last night filled in some terrain features such as gullies and provided decent turns. The wind also stripped other slopes and left raised tracks in their wake. There were a few isolated new wind slabs but they didn t't present any problems and I would expect them to be glued in place tomorrow. The snow pack continues too facet and looking at the weather we are gonna be in a deep slab instability category when we get a load if not we're just gonna be in a drought
photos: small and isolated wind slabs and a patch of blown in snow
Today's Observed Danger Rating
Low
Tomorrows Estimated Danger Rating
Low
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