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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
8"
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
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.