A foot of basal facets are buried beneath 5' (160cm) of solid slab in the area of City Creek Peak. They're so deep down in the HS185cm pack, and the slab on top of them is so thick and stable, they're unlikely to react to all but the heaviest triggers -- a big honkin' cornice? a sled on the just right soft spot? In the off chance that does give though, the snow would break to ground and the results would be catastrophic.

It's an entirely different story in the mid elevations, where the snowpack is precariously thin (HS100) and the basal facets are dangerously reactive. CTP13 on that basal facet layer. Didn't do an ECT, but suspect propagation on that collapsing layer. Although the snow keeps falling in the Southwest region -- we enjoyed nearly constant snow storms for three straight days, with more predicted this week -- it won't be enough soon enough to insulate the mid elevations from the consequences of that buried instabilty.

Calling this a considerable problem in the mid-elevations, especially on steep northeast through northwest slopes; moderate in the upper elevations at all aspects.

Cross-loading and some moderate to strong wind transported snow in the most exposed upper elevations -- Mount Holly, Lake Peak, City Creek Peak. There wasn't much sign of wind disturbance across the Tushars, where most of the trees are still decorated with thick piles of white.

Grading this a moderate problem in the upper elevations above treeline on southern aspects.