Observation Date
2/4/2026
Observer Name
Hardesty and PCMR (Graves, Saurer)
Region
Salt Lake » Park City Ridgeline
Location Name or Route
Park City Ridgeline in progress
Comments
I don't speak French, but avalanching on the polar aspects will be something like a Fait accompli , a foregone conclusion, once it snows and blows.
BUT it's the off aspects that interest me now. West (see above) has poor structure (see profile on west facing from today below ...and along West Deso ridge (2nd pic) on January 20th.). There are times during lean years when the solar and off aspects have such a poor and weak structure that they, too, will avalanche with enough load. (Years ago, I heard the phrase - in certain circumstances - Beware the West.)
Photos below are of the north facing snow pit :
Profile, weak layer of graupel and facets above the upper holiday crust about 50cm down (and grain photos)
Today's Observed Danger Rating
Low
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