UDOT PLANNED AVALANCHE CLOSURES!!

Observation: Catchers Mit

Observation Date
2/19/2019
Observer Name
Chester
Region
Salt Lake » Big Cottonwood Canyon » Kessler Peak » Catchers Mit
Location Name or Route
Catchers mitt.
Comments
Bad light. Great snow. No wind. Lots of tracks.
4"-6"of light density new snow.
Bad light off and on. Between flat light and fresh snow hard to see old wind slabs.
No wind.. No new wind damage.
Minor slufflng observed and triggered. Light density snow did not pack a punch.
nothing learned on persistent slab/ no comments.
Cold day. Cloudy, but thin, could barely make out shape ofosun at times. No choppers heard in cartiff suspect too cloudy to fly.
Snow-very very cold face shots above 9000. Lower had a denser bottom. Below 8500 quality deteriorating.
New snow. Some very light/ no consequence cracking observed. Not slab like
I vacelate Moderate to maby low today. low due to fridgid temps. But moderate probably the call due to cornices, persistent weak layer(10420) and maby a older windslabs. The biggest danger is cornices.
Tommowow's danger will depend on load n heat.
Today's Observed Danger Rating
Moderate
Tomorrows Estimated Danger Rating
None