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Observation: Flagstaff Ridge

Observation Date
11/4/2022
Observer Name
Manship
Region
Salt Lake » Little Cottonwood Canyon » Flagstaff Ridge
Location Name or Route
Flagstaff Area
Weather
Sky
Few
Wind Direction
West
Wind Speed
Light
Weather Comments
Stellar cold clear morning. Winds seemed to pick up a little but around 0830 but remained light gusting moderate from the W. Lenticular clouds started to develop and more clouds came in through the morning.
Snow Characteristics
New Snow Depth
9"
Snow Surface Conditions
Powder
Wind Crust
Melt-Freeze Crust
Snow Characteristics Comments
Noted a light sun crust on SE but not enough to be a trouble. Ridge lines where wind affected from previous east winds. Sheltered and all other aspects had light settled powder.
Comments
Good conditions exist where you are not skiing on rocks. It is still early out there but smooth slopes ride well. Stability was good, some small dry loose avalanches could be triggered in steep terrain today, but there is evidence of some D.5-D1 avalanches from the storm.
Snow feels right side up and new snow has bonded generally well, I think this will give us a good start to a base for coming storms.
Also, travelled on some remarkable well set skin tracks, bravo.
Photo 1: Wind affect from east winds
Photo 2: Wind Transport
Photo 3: Small dry loose
Photo 4: Incoming clouds
Today's Observed Danger Rating
Low
Tomorrows Estimated Danger Rating
Moderate
Coordinates