Salt Lake » Big Cottonwood Canyon » Guardsman Pass area
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Guardsman's to Bonanza Flats and back
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Just a quick outing to test a ski on my snowbike today. I wasn't out for more than an hour or so but I did not see anything alarming as far as avalanches are concerned. I sidehilled numerous very steep slopes without any significant sluffing or cracking. Winds didn't seem to be drifting much, basically no snow movement down off the ridges.
I picked up a hitchhiker that had walked up Mill B and then descended Little Pine chute into Little Cottonwood. He said he noted just slight wind loading once he was within about 20 feet of the highest ridge.
Danger tomorrow will totally depend on how much snow we get and how fast it falls. I'm thinking MODERATE but wouldn't be surprised if CONSIDERABLE would be more fitting with intense snowfall in the morning.