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Observation: Uintas

Observation Date
3/22/2013
Observer Name
Ted Scroggin
Region
Uintas
Location Name or Route
Gold Hill Basin
Weather
Sky
Obscured
Precipitation
Moderate Snowfall
Wind Direction
West
Wind Speed
Moderate
Weather Comments
A return to winter today with cold temperatures and cold powder snow. It was a day of snow showers moving in and out with brief glimpses of sun and clearing.
Snow Characteristics
New Snow Depth
10"
New Snow Density
Low
Snow Surface Conditions
Powder
Melt-Freeze Crust
Snow Characteristics Comments
Very nice cold powder snow and the riding and turning were quite good today with a very supportable base and fast light density snow.
Red Flags
Red Flags Comments
Some minor wind drifting along the higher ridges, but only finding soft new snow slabs that were only 10-12" deep and not really breaking out very far. In my travels these fresh soft slabs were of the manageable size and did not pose much problem, unless a person was in very steep unforgiving terrain.
Avalanche Problem #1
Problem
New Snow
Trend
Decreasing Danger
Problem #1 Comments
About 10-12" new snow that did not seem overly sensitive today. Some fresh wind slabs, but nothing with much enery or connected slab like properties.
Comments
A couple of photos of soft slabs along the ridgelines that broke out 10-12" deep, but did not run very far or were overly sensitive.