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Observation Date
1/15/2017
Observer Name
Glew
Region
Salt Lake » Big Cottonwood Canyon » Broads Fork
Location Name or Route
Broads Fork
Weather
Sky
Clear
Wind Direction
Northeast
Wind Speed
Calm
Weather Comments
Cold in the upper reaches of broads fork due to barely any sun. This drainage creates its own wind and mostly east facing slopes had a slight wind skin on them.
Snow Characteristics
Snow Surface Conditions
Powder
Faceted Loose
Wind Crust
Melt-Freeze Crust
Snow Characteristics Comments

Good powder snow on all aspects above 8k. The wind was effecting the east facing slopes slightly. Tomorrow could be more of an issue for wind effect. Seems like most slopes in upper Broads and Mill B avalanched during the later part of the last storm. Some debris and crowns were obvious and others were not. There was also a good sized glide slide near the diving board as well as a good sized wet slab off the rocks to the north of Bonkers.

Got a CT21 Q2 on a graupel layer about 18 inches down at 10,200 feet below the East Twin. Dug this pit in a spot that didn't feel like it was debris, which was hard to find up there. Exited upper Broads into Mill B and found more of the same, widespread natural avalanches which probably failed on a graupel layer.

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