Observation Date
2/22/2024
Observer Name
Gagne/Johnston/Heilweil
Region
Salt Lake » Little Cottonwood Canyon » Maybird Gulch » Maybird Aprons
Location Name or Route
Maybird
Comments
Photos are of two old crowns from Maybird Gulch. I could not find these avalanches previously reported, and they seemed to be slabs of wind-drifted snow, likely from cross-loading from winds from the west.
Overall, I am feeling confident in the direction our snowpack is heading. For the past week, I have been finding a generally stable snowpack on north aspects, with the avalanche issues involving wind-loading. There is a layer of facets on top of a crust on primarily east and southeast aspects, but in several pits on these aspects, I have only found a few where I can get a full propagation with an extended column test. I do not think this PWL layer on solar aspects will linger all that long as the layer of facets does not look especially weak.
Today's Observed Danger Rating
Moderate
Tomorrows Estimated Danger Rating
Moderate
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