Observation: Mt Aire

Observation Date

1/12/2013

Observer Name

Hardesty and Wilson

Region

Salt Lake

Location Name or Route

Lambs to Mt Aire ridgeline to Elbow Fork of Mill Creek

Weather

Sky

Few

Precipitation

Light Snowfall

Wind Speed

Calm

Weather Comments

.01 precip. No wind. Cold. Beautiful out.

Snow Characteristics

New Snow Depth

18"

New Snow Density

Low

Snow Surface Conditions

Powder

Red Flags

Recent Avalanches

Heavy Snowfall

Wind Loading

Cracking

Collapsing

Poor Snowpack Structure

Red Flags Comments

Plenty of checks in the boxes here. Went to Mt Aire with intention. Some older shallower naturals noted in steep northerly terrain off sub ridges dropping down into Lambs...though these were noted mid-storm.

Avalanche Problem #1

Problem

New Snow

Trend

Same

Problem #1 Comments

Lambs, Mill Creek, thinner snowpack areas - perhaps at the mid-elevations - are most suspect with the persistent slabs. Found good interface of 1F-Pencil hard wind slab above the avalanches we triggered today in upper Lambs. No rime crust noted.

Observation: Mt Aire

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