Observation: Scotties Bowl

Observation Date

4/9/2013

Observer Name

Kikkert

Region

Salt Lake

Location Name or Route

Scottie's

Weather

Sky

Overcast

Wind Direction

North

Wind Speed

Moderate

Weather Comments

Overcast until about 1, when it began to clear. Winds were decently well behaved late morning through early afternoon. Direction was kind of swirling around a lot, but mostly northerly. Generally around 10-15 mph, with some gusts in the high 20s. Looks like they picked up around 2 or 3 pm though.

Snow Characteristics

New Snow Depth

New Snow Density

Medium

Snow Surface Conditions

Powder

Snow Characteristics Comments

About 6-10 inches elevation and aspect dependent. Stayed cold and dry through early afternoon, with lower elevations just starting to dampen around 3 pm.

Red Flags

Wind Loading

Red Flags Comments

A few very thin wind slabs up around the ridgeline, but only localized cracking around your skis, with nothing propagating out. That said, our aspect was mostly windward and only had some minor crossloading. New snow was well bonded to the crust with only very minimal sluffing.

Observation: Scotties Bowl

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