Observation Date
4/9/2016
Observer Name
Wilson, Hardesty
Region
Salt Lake » Little Cottonwood Canyon » Red Pine
Location Name or Route
Red Pine
Weather
Sky
Broken
Weather Comments
Moist, warm, calm, cloudy; ended up skinning in shorts and a T-shirt.
Snow Characteristics
Snow Surface Conditions
Damp
Snow Characteristics Comments
Only a thin refreeze last night, and soft sticky snow to show for it. Happily supportable, however, and the cloud cover certainly put a damper on direct solar heating throughout the morning. Cloud cover and a warm night will probably keep the snowpack from a solid refreeze for tomorrow.
Avalanche Problem #1
Problem
Wet Snow
Problem #1 Comments
Lots of small wet sluffs from the previous day or two, but we weren't aware of anything dramatically recent.
Saw neither dramatic melting or freezing; the snowpack seemed to be in a state of purgatory. Much of course depends upon cloud cover and free air temps overnight.
Today's Observed Danger Rating
Low
Tomorrows Estimated Danger Rating
Low
