Observation Date
1/13/2017
Observer Name
AIARE 2
Region
Salt Lake » Big Cottonwood Canyon » Cardiff Fork
Location Name or Route
Reynolds Flat, Cardiff Fork
Comments
Surprisingly warm snow pack at this elevation. About half of the pack was sitting at 0*C with moist snow. Lots of rain crusts at this elevation. All in all the snow pack here is pretty stable. I would expect the crusts to disappear in the future with the depth of snow, but would also expect some near crust facets to be forming in the mean time. Photo below is of the graupel layer of most concern here. Also a video of the CT and the PST performed on the graupel layer with no result, and a PST lower in the pack just above a rain crust.

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Today's Observed Danger Rating
None
Tomorrows Estimated Danger Rating
None
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