Observation: Park City Ridgeline

Observation Date

3/7/2026

Observer Name

Paradis

Region

Salt Lake » Park City Ridgeline

Location Name or Route

Park City Ridgeline

Weather

Sky

Clear

Wind Speed

Calm

Weather Comments

Generally calm. Sunny in the am with some clumping on skis. By mid day high clouds rolled in.

Snow Characteristics

New Snow Depth

New Snow Density

Medium

Snow Surface Conditions

Powder

Snow Characteristics Comments

Good skiing on north facing runs. Sun slightly affected some areas.

Red Flags

Heavy Snowfall

Poor Snowpack Structure

Red Flags Comments

Finally starting to put some snow between the surface and the Dry January Layer (DJL) of facets but still < 1m in this location.

Avalanche Problem #1

Problem

Persistent Weak Layer

Trend

Decreasing Danger

Problem #1 Comments

Interesting mix of crusts and facets from snow this past week where high elevation rain created a melt-freeze crust that could isolate us to some unknown degree from the DJL.

Snow Profile

Aspect

Northeast

Elevation

8,900'

Slope Angle

25°

Comments

The most interesting thing about this profile was the facet crust sandwich in the upper portion of the snowpack. I'm not totally sure the sequence of events but it seems like the first storm this week maybe created a rain crust at about 120cm. Prior to the Thursday-Friday storm facets developed and were capped by a crust at about 130cm. It seems like an uncommon set up.

Today's Observed Danger Rating

Moderate

Tomorrows Estimated Danger Rating

Moderate

Coordinates

Observation: Park City Ridgeline

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