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Observation: Salt Lake foothills

Observation Date
1/20/2019
Observer Name
John Mletschnig
Region
Salt Lake » Salt Lake foothills
Location Name or Route
Upper City Creek
Weather
Sky
Overcast
Wind Direction
Southwest
Wind Speed
Moderate
Snow Characteristics
Snow Surface Conditions
Powder
Dense Loose
Wind Crust
Rain-Rime Crust
Damp
Snow Characteristics Comments
Dense, fast settled powder. Slopes exposed to SW winds had thin rime skin above 8000'
Red Flags
Red Flags
Recent Avalanches
Avalanche Problem #1
Problem
Persistent Weak Layer
Trend
Decreasing Danger
Problem #1 Comments
Buried near surface facets on protected aspects down ~71cm are a possible trouble layer as well as a possible facet crust storm interface layer on S half (reactive in past storm where loaded)
Snow Profile
Aspect
North
Elevation
8,600'
Slope Angle
29°
Comments
Recent wind loads and storm slabs seemed pretty settled out in areas traveled today (9400' and below). Old snow below storm snow is damp below 7600'. Sessions Mountains natural and machine trigered slides on interface layer on ESE are notable.
Today's Observed Danger Rating
Moderate
Tomorrows Estimated Danger Rating
Considerable