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Observation Date
4/3/2014
Observer Name
P Diegel & B Godlewski
Region
Salt Lake » Big Cottonwood Canyon » Broads Fork » Bonkers
Location Name or Route
Broads TH to Bonkers to Mill B
Weather
Sky
Obscured
Precipitation
Light Snowfall
Weather Comments
Clouds and light sone off and on all day
Snow Characteristics
Snow Surface Conditions
Powder
Dense Loose
Snow Characteristics Comments

N Facing above 8500 ft stayed soft and cold all day. Some radiant heating in the early-mid morning, but shut off by mid day. E facing snow at 6:30 pm exit was thick but not crusted. I think Friday will be another good powder day on Ne to West aspects above about 8500 ft.

Red Flags
Red Flags
Recent Avalanches
Red Flags Comments
2 natural shallow wind slabs noted, 1 above the diving board and the other around Big West in Mill B, Both looked to be less than 1 ft deep but ran quite a ways. Maybe from Wednesday?
Avalanche Problem #1
Problem
Wet Snow
Trend
Increasing Danger
Problem #1 Comments

The potential wet slab problem was not observed today. Maybe tomorrow.

Avalanche Problem #2
Problem
Persistent Weak Layer
Trend
Decreasing Danger
Problem #2 Comments

2 soft wind slabs noted , but all the hand pits we dug showed only loose, unconsolidated snow. We skied some short 40+ degree low consequence terrain (NW) and got lots of shallow, failry slow moving sluffing, but not deep enough to be an issue

Comments

The anticipated sun damage didn't happen today in Broads.

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