Join us at our 2nd Annual Blizzard Ball
Ad
The National Forest Service Logo
icon-add Observation
Forecasts
Logan Ogden Salt Lake Provo Uintas Skyline Moab Abajos Weather Archives How to read the forecast
Observations & Avalanches
Submit Observation Observations Explorer All Observations Avalanches Fatalities Weather Place Names Map Archives
Education
Avalanche Class List UAC Class List Online Classes Resources and Tutorials Avalanche Awareness Develop Skills
Events
Store
About
Contact Who we are Core Values Staff Board of Directors Past Forecasters Sponsors Annual Reports Sign In
Blog
icon-add Observation
Donate / Join

Observation: Abajos

Observation Date
3/22/2019
Observer Name
Kevin Dressel
Region
Abajos
Location Name or Route
North Creek Trees
Weather
Sky
Scattered
Wind Direction
Southwest
Wind Speed
Calm
Weather Comments
Snowing hard in the morning but by 10:30 when I started it had broken up somewhat and scattered clouds kept the mountain kind of fogged in all day. The sun did come out briefly and when it did it got warm real fast. Almost no wind but there was a SW flow to the clouds and later in the day it switched to a calm NW.
Snow Characteristics
New Snow Depth
12"
New Snow Density
Medium
Snow Surface Conditions
Powder
Dense Loose
Snow Characteristics Comments
About 8" new snow at the parking lot and 12" above 10000'. Good powder skiing on all aspects unless the sun got to it at all. It did get a little thicker on the ski out below 9000'
Red Flags
Red Flags
Heavy Snowfall
Wind Loading
Comments
The new snow was bonded well to the old snow surface that was a crust on most slopes, even in north facing trees at 10000'. I was able to see briefly into North Creek. The big East facing slopes had the typical crossloading look to them from the wind during the storm but didn't see any natural avalanches. I still stayed out of the main drainage for the day
Today's Observed Danger Rating
Considerable
Tomorrows Estimated Danger Rating
Moderate