Observation Date
1/28/2014
Observer Name
Hardesty and Wilson
Region
Salt Lake » Big Cottonwood Canyon » Days Fork » Days Draw
Location Name or Route
Chicken S**t Ridge to Days Draw
Comments
Talking a lot about crusts today...wind crusts, rime crusts, melt freeze crusts, rain crusts - key points -
- what's their distribution?
- how well will new snow bond to them?
- what role do they play in fostering snow to facets?
All of this is more of a Level 3 type of info, or perhaps a blog post later, but suffice to say that some of them foster the growth of faceted grains, particularly when they are at or very near the surface. See photo of facet chains beneath the mid-Jan rime crust - found mid elevation northerly terrain - thin area where crust was at or near the surface.
Video
Mostly stable snow.
Video
Mostly Low today, rising to Moderate and perhaps even Considerable through the day tomorrow -
Today's Observed Danger Rating
Low
Tomorrows Estimated Danger Rating
Considerable