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Observation Date
12/19/2012
Observer Name
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Region
Salt Lake
Location Name or Route
Cardiac Ridge, High Ivory
Weather
Sky
Few
Wind Direction
Northwest
Wind Speed
Light
Weather Comments
Cold, calm and mostly clear day.
Snow Characteristics
Snow Surface Conditions
Powder
Snow Characteristics Comments
Light density right side up powder, a little wind affected in some locations.
Comments
Travel today was Cardiac Ridge and High Ivory. Seems that the only activity in Cardiff was soft slabs from yesterday or the day before. These soft slabs were pockety in nature and not very wide spread. Pics soft slabs in-between the Bowl and the ridge, SE facing Cardiac Ridge, Pockets on main Cardiac Ridge, and another soft slab in the rock shot on the northern end of Cardiac ridge, and finally a soft slab on SE facing High Ivory.
Snow was stable in the areas traveled today, no cracking or collapsing, or other instabilities noted. There was a decent amount of wind damage in some areas that were avoided because of the wind slabs. Pics Wind damage LSB, also on Hansens.