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Observation: Pink Pine

Observation Date
3/1/2013
Observer Name
jake
Region
Salt Lake
Location Name or Route
Pink Pine
Weather
Sky
Overcast
Wind Speed
Calm
Weather Comments
Very warm day even on the shady Northern aspects. Lots of warming on the sunny aspects.
Snow Characteristics
Snow Surface Conditions
Dense Loose
Snow Characteristics Comments

Zipper crusts or more on all but the most Northerly and protected aspects. Still found some creamy snow. Snow is cohesive and difficult to move on steeper pitches.

Red Flags
Red Flags
Rapid Warming
Red Flags Comments
We avoided the sunny sides but there was definitely rapid warming occurring. Roller balls on East and West aspects
Avalanche Problem #1
Problem
Wind Drifted Snow
Problem #1 Comments

For our tour, it seemed the lower avalanche rating combined with potential deeper instabilities were our biggest hazard today. We needed to consciously force ourselves to think and investigate a bit. Overall, the stability was good. A few hand shears on the pink pine ridge showed cohesion between the layers and did not reveal any instability. Ski cuts in steep terrain also showed good stability.

Comments

We did find a bit of surface hoar development up on the ridge- most of it was getting blasted by the sun, but the shady spots still had a little nestled in the trees.