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Observation: Park City Ridgeline

Observation Date
4/6/2013
Observer Name
Hardesty and Wilson
Region
Salt Lake
Location Name or Route
Willows to Beartrap
Weather
Sky
Broken
Precipitation
Light Snowfall
Wind Direction
West
Wind Speed
Light
Weather Comments
Rain/snowline perhaps 7500' rain/snow mix; 2" up high - actually decent skiing on supportable mf crust above 9000'; though below 8200' one would collapse through the before-supportable crust into the isothermal large grains below.
Snow Characteristics
New Snow Depth
2"
New Snow Density
High
Snow Surface Conditions
Powder
Damp
Red Flags
Red Flags
Cracking
Poor Snowpack Structure
Red Flags Comments
No propagation per se with the collapsing of the upper crust in the mid-elevation transition zone; as expected there in that zone west was more supportable than east.
Avalanche Problem #1
Problem
Wet Snow
Problem #1 Comments

No free water noted; however the 2" m/f crust collapsed easily on the wet grains beneath. Mostly Low danger; we'll see how this closed Low plays out with temps and likely-restricted amounts of snowfall....

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