Observation Date
12/16/2020
Observer Name
CT
Region
Salt Lake » Little Cottonwood Canyon » White Pine
Location Name or Route
White pine
Comments
Dug a snow pit on a southwest aspect around 9500', new snow had been warmed a bit and seemed well bonded in the ECT compared to the guardsmans area obs from yesterday, obviously due to aspect. However underneath it was a mix of crusts and facets down to the ground, bottom seemed supportive but with a shovel sheer test after an ECT10 with no results I popped half the 70cm snowpack with a touch of force on a thin crust and thin layer of facets, on top of more crust...
photos shown, snowpack layering, viewed remote slide from previous day and a small remote trigger I caused along a small stream, slope angle was basically straight down while I was almost flat, but didn't seem to shoot any noticeable cracks from my skis but still triggered a small slab on the other side of the stream from about 15' away



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