Observation: Upper Weber Canyon

Observation Date

2/12/2026

Observer Name

CBrown

Region

Uintas » Upper Weber Canyon

Location Name or Route

Upper Weber Canyon

Weather

Sky

Broken

Precipitation

Light Snowfall

Wind Direction

Southwest

Wind Speed

Light

Weather Comments

Light winds, skies going from Broken to obscured through the say with light to moderate snowfall upon exiting the field @ 15:00

Snow Characteristics

New Snow Depth

New Snow Density

Medium

Snow Surface Conditions

Powder

Red Flags

Cracking

Poor Snowpack Structure

Red Flags Comments

In most areas, the new snow had not quite formed a slab, or just barely a slab, and had isolated, limited cracking. The new snow is sitting on varied old snow surfaces of MF crust, wind board, and near-surface facets. Appears to be enough snow to allow for avalanches only where the light wind had stiffened the slab enough, or the buried FCsf are the weakest and undisturbed by old ski tracks or previous wind affect. Increased winds or additional load may tip the scales to make this more of a problem.

Avalanche Problem #1

Problem

Persistent Weak Layer

Problem #1 Comments

The beginning of a new P. Slab is forming; it appeared to need an element of wind to create the slab (and there wasn't much wind-affected snow today.

Snow Profile

Aspect

Northeast

Elevation

10,600'

Slope Angle

33°

Comments

A nearby quick pit on a slightly more ENE aspect, same elevation, showed similar HS as above snowpit, similar ECTN 14 on the now buried FCsf, but the basal snow was old snow (had not been cleaned out by early season avalanching), and was ~25cm of fist hard 4mm DHch, and produced ECTP22 result near the top of this layer.

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