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Observation Date
12/13/2012
Observer Name
Kobernik
Region
Salt Lake
Location Name or Route
Soldier and Big Water
Snow Characteristics
Snow Surface Conditions
Dense Loose
Wind Crust
Snow Characteristics Comments
Nice turning on low angled sheltered slopes of all aspects.
Red Flags
Red Flags
Collapsing
Red Flags Comments
Just a quick note from today. My party and I experienced 3 collapses on our travels. One nice one at the head of Big water, one smaller one along the Soldier Fork ridge and one of those that almost makes you jump sideways because it's so big, also along Soldier Fork. We walked that ridge just for that purpose, to see if it would collapse and sure enough. All of these occurred just on the north side of the ridges.