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Observation: Salt Lake

Observation Date
12/22/2018
Observer Name
Weston Deutschlander
Region
Salt Lake
Location Name or Route
PC Ridge Line
Weather
Sky
Clear
Wind Direction
Southwest
Wind Speed
Light
Weather Comments
Wind was much less than anticipated.
Snow Characteristics
New Snow Depth
6"
Snow Surface Conditions
Powder
Wind Crust
Snow Characteristics Comments
Great skiing in protected areas, variable in wind effect and ridges.
Avalanche Problem #1
Problem
Wind Drifted Snow
Trend
Decreasing Danger
Problem #1 Comments
Wind slabs were easy to identify but were a bit more sensitive and broke bigger than thought.
Comments
Not big, nor scary but was on a SW slope @ 9800ft
A little bigger, a little deeper. NE @9500ft
A VERY poor picture across at the Reynolds slide from today. See Coyne Ob.
HS 105cm, 30cm of healing depth hoar; Starting to clump together more. CTN on that layer.
Today's Observed Danger Rating
Moderate
Tomorrows Estimated Danger Rating
Moderate