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Observation: White Pine

Observation Date
4/5/2014
Observer Name
Bruce Tremper
Region
Salt Lake » Little Cottonwood Canyon » White Pine
Location Name or Route
Day off - quick trip up White Pine
Weather
Sky
Obscured
Precipitation
Light Snowfall
Wind Speed
Light
Weather Comments
Foggy and cloudy in the morning with light graupel showers that added up to about an inch. Partial clearing in the afternoon with lots of low level moisture and scattered clouds.
Snow Characteristics
New Snow Depth
1"
New Snow Density
High
Snow Surface Conditions
Dense Loose
Snow Characteristics Comments

Most snow is sun crusted and/or damp but the upper elevation, north facing slopes remain quite good with settled, dry powder but many slopes are tracked up.

Red Flags
Red Flags Comments
No red flags. Everything seems quite stable and well settled. You may still be able to find an avalanche somewhere, perhaps in the more extreme, upper elevation terrain. There are still patches of buried near-surface, faceted snow left over from over a week ago and people may still get a slab on this layer. Or, perhaps, a lingering wind slab. But mostly low danger on all slopes. On Sunday, with the expected strong wind from the northwest and a couple more inches of snow, we will likely see wind slab development in the upper elevation, wind exposed terrain.
Today's Observed Danger Rating
Low
Tomorrows Estimated Danger Rating
Moderate