Observation Date
12/1/2015
Observer Name
Evelyn
Region
Salt Lake » Park City Ridgeline » Scott Hill
Location Name or Route
Guardsman road to Scott Hill
Weather
Sky
Clear
Wind Direction
West
Wind Speed
Light
Weather Comments
Beautiful day, only cool when the winds picked up.
Snow Characteristics
Snow Surface Conditions
Faceted Loose
Wind Crust
Melt-Freeze Crust
Snow Characteristics Comments
Widely variable snow surface on sunny slopes - facets, melt freeze, wind crusts; faceting powder and wind board on the shady slopes.
Red Flags
Red Flags
Wind Loading
Cracking
Poor Snowpack Structure
Red Flags Comments
Winds slabs were isolated , along ridgelines. Cracking in the hard wind slabs. Poor snow pack structure - the basal facets - very widespread.
Avalanche Problem #1
Problem
Wind Drifted Snow
Trend
Decreasing Danger
Problem #1 Comments
Probably could get a few isolated wind slabs moving on steep slopes, not large enough to bury a person, but dangerous in radical terrain, like above a cliff or where you could go for a long ride.
Comments
Worth getting out and making note of slopes with snow, and those without. Once these slopes are covered with new snow, the distance of just a few yards could dramatically change the stability, due to distribution of the old snow.
Basal facets - now 2 to 3mm, Becoming larger and weaker, with more striations and corners.
Park City ridge line, Scotts Pass to Scott Hill
Video
Today's Observed Danger Rating
Low
Tomorrows Estimated Danger Rating
Low
