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Observation: Days Fork

Observation Date
3/14/2019
Observer Name
Hardesty and Wilson
Region
Salt Lake » Big Cottonwood Canyon » Days Fork
Location Name or Route
Grizzly-Silver-Days
Weather
Sky
Broken
Precipitation
Light Snowfall
Wind Direction
North
Wind Speed
Light
Weather Comments
Cloud cover cooperated for the day. Light wind, cool temps, with the sun mostly hidden behind the lightly snowing clouds.
Snow Characteristics
New Snow Depth
16"
New Snow Density
Low
Snow Surface Conditions
Powder
Snow Characteristics Comments
Still bottom feeding on all but true north above 8000' or so. 6 out of 5 stars. Many southerlies will remain cold and dry but not all. Even some low angle norths were crusted on our exit.
Red Flags
Red Flags Comments
No red flags.
Comments
Route was Millie back bowls-Twin Lakes-Grizzly-East Bowl Silver-Over Easy into Silver, Oingo Boingo and a home run out Main Days.
Couldn't buy an avalanche. Sluffing very minimal; noted a very miminal wet sluff in sunny Days Draw; nothing else.
Ski tracks on all aspects and elevations along this eastern Cottonwood Canyons circuit.
Sun and heating to be the main event for tomorrow into the weekend; otherwise Normal Caution.
Cornices, roof-alanches may be worthy of mention as well.
Today's Observed Danger Rating
None
Tomorrows Estimated Danger Rating
None