Observation Date
3/24/2026
Observer Name
Ted Scroggin
Region
Uintas » Mt. Marsell
Location Name or Route
Lofty/Marsell
Weather
Sky
Few
Wind Direction
Southwest
Wind Speed
Light
Weather Comments
Mostly sunny skies with some clouds mixed in and more wind. This morning the temperatures were already in the 50's and the sled ran cool with enough snow kicking up.
Snow Characteristics
Snow Surface Conditions
Wind Crust
Melt-Freeze Crust
Damp
Snow Characteristics Comments
The snow conditions are typical spring like snow with slightly refrozen in the morning, things getting soft and unsupportable early afternoon and right now the upper elevations are really worked over from the winds. There are lots of old hard raised up tracks and the snow cover is getting thin.
Red Flags
Red Flags Comments
Wet snow is on the radar, although I did not observe much recent wet activity other than a small slab that broken out from a chunk of cornice that broke off. There were a few other wet slides in the Hayden Peak area.
Avalanche Problem #1
Problem
Wet Snow
Trend
Same
Comments
Lots of tired wind worked snow up around the Murdock and Bald Mountain areas.
Disappointing to see the highway melting out even up at Bald Mountain Pass.
A slab broke out on this east aspect in the Mount Marsell area depositing a decent debris pile. Maybe a chunk of cornice from above broke off and triggered this wet slab.
Today's Observed Danger Rating
Moderate
Tomorrows Estimated Danger Rating
Moderate
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