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Observation: North Woods

Observation Date
1/10/2025
Observer Name
Jake Etter
Region
Moab » Laurel Highway » North Woods
Location Name or Route
Laurel Highway/North Woods
Red Flags
Red Flags
Wind Loading
Cracking
Collapsing
Poor Snowpack Structure
Avalanche Problem #1
Problem
Wind Drifted Snow
Trend
Same
Problem #1 Comments
Evidence of the high winds everywhere, large debris on the road driving up, new trees down on the skin up, large wind drifts and high north faces stripped.
Comments
Toured up laurel highway, lots of cracking (p1), a couple good collapses, Noriegas? (p2) and TukNo (p3) stripped pretty good. I was surprised that even in the trees on the way down there was alot of wind effect, basically all the way to the bottom. Kinda mediocre riding sadly. I was on the N/NW facing riders left side and got cracking midway down the slope in the trees. (p5). Didn't see any avalanches however.
Today's Observed Danger Rating
Moderate
Tomorrows Estimated Danger Rating
Moderate
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