Observation: Weber Canyon

Observation Date

3/23/2013

Observer Name

Region

Uintas

Location Name or Route

Weber Canyon

Weather

Sky

Broken

Precipitation

Light Snowfall

Wind Direction

Northwest

Wind Speed

Light

Weather Comments

Mostly cloudy but the sun came out now and then throughout the day but not enough to significantly affect the snow on the north half of the compass. Periods of light snow but no accumulation to speak of. The wind was not moving snow in the area traveled. Temps in the mid teems at 10,000 ft.

Snow Characteristics

New Snow Depth

New Snow Density

Low

Snow Surface Conditions

Powder

Snow Characteristics Comments

Maybe an inch or two of new snow overnight. About 12"-16" of new storm snow. Fast riding on a supportable base.

Red Flags

Recent Avalanches

Wind Loading

Red Flags Comments

The snow was not as sensitive today but kept in mind the winds with this storm system. Just noted new snow sluffs as far as avalanches from this storm cycle.

Comments

Traveled from 7400-10,200 ft., north thru north east aspects, slope angles to 40 degrees.
Sluffing on steep slopes but not running far or entraining much snow.
Last week's warm up helped weld together the snowpack. Overall avalanche danger should trend toward decreasing but sun/heat and/or more wind will increase danger.
Photo below: must have occurred sometime yesterday.

We came across a half dozen old wet slides from last week's warm-up. They occurred on steep NE facing slopes with starting zones from just under 9000 ft to almost 10,000 ft. A few pics of the debris piles and crown of one.

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