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Observation: White Pine

Observation Date
12/19/2016
Observer Name
Evelyn
Region
Salt Lake » Little Cottonwood Canyon » White Pine
Location Name or Route
Lower Tri Chutes
Weather
Sky
Scattered
Wind Direction
Northwest
Wind Speed
Light
Weather Comments
High thin clouds. Mostly calm winds, could see occassional gusts blowing snow off the high ridge lines.
Snow Characteristics
Snow Surface Conditions
Powder
Snow Characteristics Comments

Perfect powder from a right side up storm. A few shallow soft wind crusts, the only sign of surface faceting was above 9500', and very minor.

Red Flags
Red Flags
Recent Avalanches
Red Flags Comments
A few new small skier triggered sluffs, probably only an issue if it took you over a cliff. Older avalanches were hard to see, a few slabs on east facing, other hints of slides that happened during the storm but were snowed over.
Snow Profile
Aspect
West
Elevation
9,900'
Slope Angle
30°
Comments

While the 2 grauple layers were very obvious in the pit wall, they were not reactive. ECT's - no results; CT's - no results. The lower layer would pop out easily with a shovel shear, but that was it. While hitting the ground with the shovel, did not clean out the snow, could feel/pull out a few facets from a thin layer on the ground.

Below -- the upper part of the snow pit, the 2 grauple layers, grauple

Wind occasionally blowing harder across the ridge lines, and eroding snow. It looked like a lot of it was sublimating.

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