Observation Date
3/25/2019
Observer Name
chester
Region
Salt Lake » Big Cottonwood Canyon » Days Fork
Location Name or Route
Days fork
Comments
Route was lcc to BCC via days 9-2. Beautiful day but too hot. Excellent riding snow, fast n fun.
Mostly hit ne facing so not much info on heat. Saw many s facing gulleys in lcc slide on drive up in am.
Photo 1 -slide in main days reported by Coyne
2.- slide in upper days Two dogs reported by T. Passes
3. Sluffs Two dogs
NE facing in days went through a avy cycle yesterday. Widespread very shallow slides from su high pi rates.
Cookies from debris fairly rideable.
main threat today seemed to be sluffs. We triggered several with ski cuts.
Most problematic layer imo is roughly 2' down around a thin (1/8") crust. 10000' NNE.
Suction cupping on out @8100
pooling water just above days @7200
SSE thinking about pushalanche @10000 @noon.
Widespread heat damage, guessing there will be some left in deep dark corners n aspects above 9000'
We exited about 2pm.
Today's Observed Danger Rating
Moderate
Tomorrows Estimated Danger Rating
None