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Observation: Mt Raymond

Observation Date
1/20/2014
Observer Name
T Diegel
Region
Salt Lake » Mill Creek Canyon » Big Cottonwood Canyon » Porter Fork » Mill A » Elbow Fork » Mt Raymond
Location Name or Route
Raymond/Gobblers
Weather
Sky
Clear
Weather Comments
splitter....of course
Snow Characteristics
Snow Surface Conditions
Powder
Faceted Loose
Rain-Rime Crust
Snow Characteristics Comments

skied just fine. East facing good too.

Red Flags
Red Flags
Poor Snowpack Structure
Red Flags Comments
Dug a quick hand pit on the steep section that is sorta mandatory on the Porter Fork approach to Raymond Glade (due north at about 8500 or so) and got a super clean shear about a foot or so down. Took a bit of effort to get the block to pull out, but it was so clean and nice that any less effort to pull it out woulda made me nervous.
Avalanche Problem #1
Problem #1 Comments

Not really sure.....It didn't feel much like a slab since the new (now old) snow is indeed deteriorating somewhat and it's capped by a rime crust, but the quick hand pit was a little unnerving. Isolated tho; other comparable "pits" didn't show that as much.

Comments

The E. facing shots off Raymond have been skied hard, and we skied one lower off the shoulder. Different aspect than what we had climbed/skied earlier, but given the info that we had it seemed ok. No rollerballing on the due south aspects even late, despite the high temps/no wind.

Today's Observed Danger Rating
Moderate
Tomorrows Estimated Danger Rating
Moderate