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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
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.