Observation Date
1/29/2015
Observer Name
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Region
Salt Lake » Park City Ridgeline » Monitors » South Monitor Bowl
Location Name or Route
PC Ridgeline
Weather
Sky
Broken
Wind Direction
Southwest
Wind Speed
Light
Weather Comments
Colder and drier today, winds out of the SW increasing as the day went on. Blue skies in the morning giving away to low level clouds obscuring the peaks in the afternoon.
Snow Characteristics
Snow Surface Conditions
Powder
Dense Loose
Wind Crust
Melt-Freeze Crust
Snow Characteristics Comments

Snow that was damp yesterday at the mid and lower elevations had seized up and was stiff, south facing which was a little punchy yesterday had also seized up tight make breaking trail on south aspects slippery and painful on my bad knee. Snow on the north end of the compass at 10,000ft also had stiffened up a bit, due to wind and cold temps.

Comments

Went back to the PC Ridgeline to finish some unfinished business that was delayed by fog. Hiking up S facing USA Bowl noted that the south facing that was not frozen yesterday was completely frozen and hard today, slippery, with slide for life conditions on a more steep and sustained slope. Took a run in South Monitor hoping for some soft underlying snow, no luck, basically dust on your choice of crust, wind crust, or sun crust. the inch or so of new snow had also stiffened up due to cold temps and wind. Still not much snow transport with the wind, not much loose snow to move around. The shallow wind slabs from yesterday were non reactive and seemed to be welded in place today as was the minor sluffing from yesterday. No wet activity was noted, the colder temps and wind seemed to shut it down. Photos, a couple of clouds dropping in around noon, and a scenic pic of the heart of the Central Wasatch not much else to take photos of.

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