Observation: Mill Creek

Observation Date

3/14/2026

Observer Name

CBrown

Region

Uintas » Mill Creek

Location Name or Route

Trail Creek, Mill Creek

Weather

Sky

Broken

Precipitation

Light Snowfall

Wind Direction

Southwest

Wind Speed

Moderate

Weather Comments

Broken skies with a few sun breaks in the morning transitioned to overcast and obscured skies in the PM. S1 precip began around 15:00. SW winds were light gusting moderate in the most protected areas around 10,200 and moderate gusting strong at 11,000' ridge lines.

Snow Characteristics

Snow Surface Conditions

Powder

Dense Loose

Faceted Loose

Wind Crust

Melt-Freeze Crust

Snow Characteristics Comments

Variety of snow surfaces out there, settled powder in the most protected north-facing slopes above 10,000'. Upper elevation (11,000'+) W and NW faces are stripped down to the dirt. Eastern faces hold some snow.

Red Flags

Recent Avalanches

Wind Loading

Collapsing

Poor Snowpack Structure

Red Flags Comments

Structure in the area was poor on northerly facing slopes. 10,000'-11,000' northerlies HS ranges from 80cm to 180cm. Limited AST, but with high winds, anything left was blowing around a little bit, as was the new afternoon snow. Limited isolated collapsing. Observed some recent avalanches, dates unknown. See associated avalanche obs.

Avalanche Problem #1

Problem

Wind Drifted Snow

Trend

Increasing Danger

Problem #1 Comments

Increasing hazard with new snow

Avalanche Problem #2

Problem

Persistent Weak Layer

Problem #2 Comments

Poor structure exists and recent P slab avalanches observed