Salt Lake » Little Cottonwood Canyon » Alta Periphery
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Rocky Point, Alta Perimeter
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Poor visibility kept me from getting a handle on what slid and what didn't in the Rocky Point, Sunset Peak area, as noted before I did see some soft slab activity in the Steep NE facing Rocky Point area, they were shallow crowns that were filling in fast with the strong winds and snow, they might have been breaking on a layer of graupel that fell yesterday afternoon, but not positive, I wasn't willing to get out on the slope to investigate. Cornices are growing larger and the dense nature of them tends to make them break back further than usual.
Photos: Cracking in drifted snow on the ridge line, obscured skies up high, wind loading on the ridge line, and a wet slide in Red Chute that I haven't heard about. Tough day to get a photo of anything up high today
With increasing snow amounts and wind I would think we might be nearing the high category tomorrow.