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Observation: Butler Basin

Observation Date
1/25/2017
Observer Name
Glew
Region
Salt Lake » Big Cottonwood Canyon » Butler Fork » Butler Basin
Location Name or Route
Butler Basin
Weather
Sky
Overcast
Precipitation
Light Snowfall
Wind Direction
West
Wind Speed
Calm
Weather Comments
Cold, cloud cover, no wind.
Snow Characteristics
New Snow Depth
2"
New Snow Density
Low
Snow Surface Conditions
Powder
Snow Characteristics Comments

Powder snow on all aspects and elevations. New snow depth varies greatly depending on where the slope is located. The deepest snow I found was somewhere midslope or away from ridge features.

Red Flags
Red Flags
Recent Avalanches
Collapsing
Red Flags Comments
Many slopes of all aspects and elevations have slid naturally at some point in the past few days while other have not. Locations which have not slid seemed suspect. It is not easy to differentiate between slopes that have or have not slid. A complex snowpack currently.
Today's Observed Danger Rating
Considerable
Tomorrows Estimated Danger Rating
Considerable

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