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Observation: Second Waterfall Hollow

Observation Date
1/10/2013
Observer Name
Darren McAvoy
Region
Logan
Location Name or Route
Providence Canyon, Second Waterfall Hollow
Weather
Sky
Overcast
Precipitation
Moderate Snowfall
Wind Direction
Southwest
Wind Speed
Moderate
Weather Comments
Warm, high clouds, started snowing around 2:30, snowfall rates increased at 3:30 and visibility dropped to 100 feet.
Snow Characteristics
New Snow Density
Medium
Snow Surface Conditions
Powder
Snow Characteristics Comments
Old snow was variable, loose grains beneath the canopy, rimed, deeper, and more consolidated in the openings.
Red Flags
Red Flags
Heavy Snowfall
Comments
Hand pits at 8000 feet on North aspects indicated shallow pack beneath the tree canopy, only 16 inches of loose grains on a pencil hard one inch base from October, no rime crust beneath the trees.
This hand pit near the last one but in an opening in the trees, deeper, about 24 inches deep, thin rime crust on surface. Consolidated into slabs with a facet crust sandwich between. Also has one-inch pencil-hard October base.
Decent riding in the Providence Canyon Forest.