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Observation: White Pine Canyon

Observation Date
3/18/2019
Observer Name
Hardesty and Wilson
Region
Logan » White Pine Canyon
Location Name or Route
Bunch Grass, White Pine Canyon
Weather
Sky
Few
Wind Direction
Northwest
Wind Speed
Light
Weather Comments
Spring in the Logan mountains -
Snow Characteristics
Snow Surface Conditions
Dense Loose
Faceted Loose
Melt-Freeze Crust
Damp
Snow Characteristics Comments
Trending toward a corn cycle on sunny aspects; near-true north has soft settled powder - aka recrystallized snow.
Red Flags
Red Flags
Rapid Warming
Red Flags Comments
No red flags to speak of other than the diurnal cycle and good timing - get off the steep sunlit aspects with the sun and heating. Minor size 1-1.5 wet loose observed on SE facing Mt Gog (below) and elsewhere in the Wellsvilles.
Comments
Three days at the Bunchgrass yurt in Bunchgrass/Upper White Pine Canyon above Logan canyon.
Three relevant snow pits in representative northerly terrain showed stable snow with no signs of buried SH or NSFC in upper meter.
Excellent skiing. Skied two runs on steep NW off Mt Gog (9400') and all steep terrain off north facing White Pine Knob (9100') and found no signs of unstable snow. Only the most minor of dry sluffing in (not very weak) surface snow in this terrain.
Snowmobile community hitting everything in sight with no signs of unstable snow.
Today's Observed Danger Rating
Low
Tomorrows Estimated Danger Rating
Low