Observation Date
12/23/2014
Observer Name
jg
Region
Uintas » Upper Weber Canyon » Weber Canyon
Location Name or Route
Weber Canyon
Comments
Rain crust formed at the beginning of the storm found at elevations to 8200 ft.
Results of pit tests.


Stacked stellars with some surface hoar growing and the basal facets from my snow pit. Basal facets rounding and necking.
Traveled from 7400 - 10,200 ft., north half of the compass. What a difference a day makes! Pit tests results reflected moderate effort to fail with a propensity to propagate a fracture. I would continue to call the danger considerable to high in the areas I traveled. Another cold night tonight will help develop more surface hoar. I did notice snow plumes off of some of the high ridges moving a fair amount of snow so there was some wind slab building going on today.
Today's Observed Danger Rating
High
Tomorrows Estimated Danger Rating
High