Observation Date
2/10/2017
Observer Name
Evelyn
Region
Salt Lake » Little Cottonwood Canyon » Grizzly Gulch
Location Name or Route
Grizzly Gulch
Comments
The storm is just starting - stability will depend on what happens tonight into tomorrow - how much snow, do wind speeds decrease sooner or later, and how much rain do the low elevations get before frontal passage drops temperatures. Won't know til the morning.
But, at upper elevations, the old snow seems to be cooling and stabilizing. On sunny slopes, with old thick warm crusts, hopefully the new warm snow will bond and should be right side up. On northerly facing slopes, there were some thin crusts beneath the newest snow, but guessing they may bond overnight to the damp snow beneath.
One concern, in at mid to low elevations, is that the new snow will still act as wet snow and wet sluffs will be easy to initiate.
Today's Observed Danger Rating
Considerable
Tomorrows Estimated Danger Rating
Moderate