Observation: Deer Creek

Observation Date
1/29/2019
Observer Name
Hardesty, Wilson, Woody, Covington
Region
Provo » Provo Canyon » Deer Creek
Location Name or Route
Cascade Springs to Snake Creek
Weather
Sky
Broken
Wind Direction
Northwest
Wind Speed
Light
Weather Comments
High altocums gave way to sunny skies by the early afternoon. Cool in the morning, warming to the upper 20s.
Snow Characteristics
Snow Surface Conditions
Faceted Loose
Melt-Freeze Crust
Damp
Snow Characteristics Comments
Snow surfaces weakening with the clear and cold. SH to 10mm even noted along ridgelines to 8500'.
Red Flags
Red Flags Comments
None
Comments
Travel was from Soldier Hollow to Cascade Springs and north toward the Ant Knolls and down into Snake Creek. Continued observations of the avalanche cycle (17th/18th - though some uncertainty of timing) in the Provo area mountains and southern Wasatch back with many slopes in the transition mid-upper elevations with crowns a couple feet deep. Crowns observed on steep northeast to east to southeast facing slopes and more readily observed in the Mill Canyon peak complex. Photos below (Woody). Ski tracks noted in the very steep terrain in the Ant Knolls, but later noted that the slope had avalanched - and filled back in - previous to the tracks.
Today's Observed Danger Rating
Low
Tomorrows Estimated Danger Rating
Low