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Observation: Upper Weber Canyon

Observation Date
3/13/2018
Observer Name
Weston Deutschlander
Region
Uintas » Upper Weber Canyon
Location Name or Route
Upper Weber Canyon
Weather
Sky
Few
Wind Direction
Southeast
Wind Speed
Light
Weather Comments
Holy moly it was a hot one out there today. Ice skating on the way out and water skiing on the way in. SE winds felt like a furnace in the morning. Hot, hot and hotter. Thought N wouldn't have taken so much heat. All but the most upper elevatoions, 10,200ish, got cooked.
Snow Characteristics
Snow Surface Conditions
Damp
Snow Characteristics Comments

100% garbage. Sand box skinning, uncontrollable glop, heavy, wet and damp. Pretty much everything was a facet factory and most of what we ran into was damp. Oh did I mention isothermal at lower elevations? So much fun.

Red Flags
Red Flags
Recent Avalanches
Rapid Warming
Poor Snowpack Structure
Red Flags Comments
Did I mention garbage? S took on tons of heat and it was starting to get unglued out there.
Avalanche Problem #1
Problem
Wet Snow
Trend
Decreasing Danger
Problem #1 Comments

Find yourself in the wrong spot today on a S facing exit and the snow would come down with you. Roller balls, cinnamon rolls and all other manners of gloopy, messy.

Avalanche Problem #2
Problem
Persistent Weak Layer
Trend
Same
Problem #2 Comments

Ill mention it because its there, and is in the back of our minds. Mostly, there was no slab and the structure was just so weak. Ill bet if you look hard enough you could find it though.

Comments

Hot n' messy out there today.

Sinking pretty deep in the isothermal pack. Once this gets locked up it is going to be bombproof.

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