Mineral Fork had some of the weakest faceted grains that I have observed in the Central Wasatch. Starting at the ground the basal faceted grains had some strength to them. However, It was the faceted grains about 10 inches up from the ground that fell right out of the snowpit wall.

Further complicating the issue a 1 finger dense slab sat on top of those very weak grains. Again this slab seemed stronger to me than other areas I have been in around the Wasatch. Perhaps Mineral Fork had stronger localized winds that created a more stout slab, than other neighboring drainages up canyon?

My ECT results were in the 21-25 tap range, but the shear quality was alarming, very clean & high propagation propensity. PST 30/150 very lively propagation all the way up the column (see video)

Triggering an avalanche right now would be like pulling the bottom log out of the log pile, sending the whole hill down on you.