Observation Date
2/9/2026
Observer Name
E Fullmer
Region
Salt Lake » Little Cottonwood Canyon » Grizzly Gulch
Location Name or Route
Grizzly Gulch
Weather
Sky
Obscured
Precipitation
Light Snowfall
Wind Direction
Northwest
Wind Speed
Moderate
Weather Comments
Light to moderate snowfall (briefly), moderate winds with strong gusts. Winds greatly increased with elevation and at ridgelines. The wind chill today was a bit surprising.
Heaviest snowfall around 10:00 AM this morning. We were done by 12:00 PM.
Temps started around 32*F at 9:00 AM and are now 24*F at 3:00 PM.
Snow Characteristics
New Snow Depth
1"
New Snow Density
Medium
Snow Surface Conditions
Dense Loose
Faceted Loose
Wind Crust
Melt-Freeze Crust
Snow Characteristics Comments
Not quite an inch of new snow. The moist new snow was adhering well to the crusts on solars. But the wind was blowing the falling snow a lot so the snow surface was quite variable on aspects with a crust (at times soft and creamy, at times ice patches). While temperatures have been high, the winds and overnight temperature still maintained a crust on all solar aspects. It's still quite slick and hard on solar aspect skin tracks.
A day for riding new snow on groomers!
Comments
The video is during peak snowfall around 10:00-10:30 this morning.
Despite non-stellar riding conditions, it was nice to be out today to feel the change in the weather and the lead up to incoming storms. Here's to a change of the atmospheric tide!
Video
Today's Observed Danger Rating
Low
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