Observation Date
11/22/2016
Observer Name
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Region
Salt Lake » Little Cottonwood Canyon » Alta Periphery
Location Name or Route
Alta periphery
Weather
Sky
Few
Weather Comments
Calm and cool in the AM, some low elevation clouds, and warming in the PM
Snow Characteristics
New Snow Depth
12"
New Snow Density
Medium
Snow Surface Conditions
Powder
Damp
Snow Characteristics Comments

I was seeing about a foot of new snow, which was slightly wind affected and upside down in wind exposed terrain, right side up everywhere else. The new snow was getting damp on the south facing aspects such as Dry Fork in the afternoon.

Comments

No real red flags today, seems to me there are only a few booby traps on high shady north that were already holding preexisting faceted snow plus add a wind slab on top. Rocks and stumps were the main hazard today. Still pretty thin out there.

Photos: snow pit on high shady north with a few inches of faceted snow underlying the new snow, cracking in wind affected terrain, meadow skippin worked alright today. Sorry about the photo quality, a little blurry

Moderate on the high north with depth hoar underlying the new snow, low everywhere else.

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