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Observation: Abajo Mountains
Observation Date
2/12/2013
Observer Name
Nate Z
Region
Moab
Location Name or Route
Abajo
Weather
Sky
Clear
Weather Comments
First blue bird day after the storm
Snow Characteristics
New Snow Depth
14"
New Snow Density
Low
Snow Surface Conditions
Powder
Snow Characteristics Comments
The shady aspects of the Abajo Mountains were still holding 12"-16" of fresh champagne snow, with about a 60" base. The southerly aspects had settled to less than a foot of new snow, and the base was around 37". Most aspects had a wind crust layer under the new snow. Snow pit tests were producing yellow light conditions, failing on that crust layer. As we would expect, the bottom 6-8 inches of the snow pack is rotten to the ground. No natural activity was observed yesterday morning...
Red Flags
Red Flags
Cracking
Collapsing
Red Flags Comments
There was some localized cracking and collapsing observed while breaking trail.
Avalanche Problem #1
Problem
New Snow
Trend
Decreasing Danger