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Observation: 10420
Observation Date
1/7/2022
Observer Name
Hardesty, Wilson, Wetterberg
Region
Salt Lake » Big Cottonwood Canyon » 10420
Location Name or Route
10420
Weather
Sky
Few
Wind Direction
Southwest
Wind Speed
Moderate
Weather Comments
Plumes and banner clouds On Thunder Bowl and Lone Peak Hard slabs for breakfast?
Snow Characteristics
Snow Surface Conditions
Powder
Wind Crust
Rain-Rime Crust
Snow Characteristics Comments
Interesting cloud-based frozen water droplets(?) crust from mid-week noted variably up to 9500'...See the sheen on the uptrack here
Red Flags
Red Flags
Wind Loading
Poor Snowpack Structure
Avalanche Problem #1
Problem
Persistent Weak Layer
Trend
Decreasing Danger
Problem #1 Comments
I think we are trending in the right direction. Video below -
It will still take a number of days without any more loading events, but we're trending Low Probability High Consequence
Avalanche Problem #2
Problem
Wind Drifted Snow
Trend
Same
Problem #2 Comments
Wind drifting continues unabated. Drifts will be hidden beneath tonight's few inches and should still be on the radar in steep terrain.
Video
Today's Observed Danger Rating
Considerable
Tomorrows Estimated Danger Rating
None