Observation: Monitors

Observation Date
4/16/2013
Observer Name
mark white
Region
Salt Lake
Location Name or Route
Monitors
Weather
Sky
Overcast
Precipitation
Light Snowfall
Wind Direction
Northwest
Wind Speed
Light
Weather Comments
Low hanging clouds with little wind, some sucker holes during the day but you had to wait for them.
Snow Characteristics
New Snow Depth
8"
New Snow Density
Medium
Snow Surface Conditions
Powder
Dense Loose
Damp
Snow Characteristics Comments

Storm totals since Monday were in the 8 to 9 inch range in the Monitors. Medium density snow on the N facing made riding conditions excellent. South facing went of around 11:00am

Comments

Keep thinking I'm done skiing but it continues to snow and the conditions are ripe, powder on the N end of the compass and stable conditions. South Monitor had about 8 or 9 inches of medium density snow on a smooth and spongy base. Cornice drops in both S and W monitor produce minor sluffing, not running far or packing any punch. Snow stayed dry on the north end of the compass all day, south facing had gone off and were crusting by the time of my exit. Photos, conditions in S monitor, and a pic of the green housing that was going on when the clouds thinned.

West Monitor was about the same as South but when I got there the lighting sucked. Photos, a little push-alanche in the more E facing of W Monitor, Cornice drop in W Monitor, Lonley on the Pc Ridge, no one at home.