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Observation: Days Fork

Observation Date
12/28/2012
Observer Name
Paradis
Region
Salt Lake
Location Name or Route
Days Fork
Weather
Sky
Clear
Precipitation
Light Snowfall
Wind Speed
Calm
Weather Comments
Started off the morning with a few snow showers then gradual clearing as the day went on. Cool temperatures all day.
Snow Characteristics
New Snow Depth
16"
New Snow Density
Low
Snow Surface Conditions
Powder
Snow Characteristics Comments
Great low density powder. There were a few slightly denser drifts on the ridges but in general the snow had little wind affect.
Red Flags
Red Flags
Heavy Snowfall
Red Flags Comments
Nearly two feet of new snow from Wednesday & Thursday plus more earlier in the week. Snow was low density and not slab like which helped.
Avalanche Problem #1
Problem
New Snow
Problem #1 Comments
The quick pit below was dug close to the ridge that divides Upper Days and Main Days and is not generally representative. The snow here is likely thinner than in the center of either run. I chose this location because it was adjacent to a small slide (~ 25ft x 50ft) triggered the prior day from the uptrack. Compression tests produced results on the denser wind slab from the wind event last week. I didn't look at starting area so it wasn't 100% clear to me if this was a factor in this slide or if it was on the interface from this storm and the christmas eve storm. Forgot to take a picture.