Observation: Folly

Observation Date
1/17/2013
Observer Name
Darren McAvoy
Region
Logan
Location Name or Route
Logan Dry Canyon, Mill Hollow
Weather
Sky
Clear
Wind Direction
Southwest
Wind Speed
Light
Weather Comments
Frigid in the bottoms, sweltering in the sun.
Snow Characteristics
Snow Surface Conditions
Faceted Loose
Snow Characteristics Comments
Crust beneath several inches of soft fresh on southwest aspects, rime crust from last Tuesday still evident in west Mill Hollow.
Red Flags
Red Flags
Cracking
Red Flags Comments
Minor cracking, no collapsing or sluffing.
Comments

Most places had two to three feet of snow, but this handpit at 8300 feet on a northeast slope in Mill Hollow showed 65 inches of total snow, with seven inches of loose facets on top with a nine inch slab sitting on older NSF, moderately well adhered but failing on this facet layer.

Josh Archibald enjoys very light winds and sunshine on the ridge top above Cache Valley today.

Southwest aspect skied surprisingly well this afternoon, although could feel an underlying crust. Mine and Al Dymerski's tracks on Dymerski's Folly.