Observation Date
12/6/2019
Observer Name
Bruce Tremper
Region
Salt Lake » Little Cottonwood Canyon » White Pine
Location Name or Route
White Pine to upper cirque
Comments
On the first two photos you can see subtle signs of avalanche activity during the Thanksgiving storm, which have been obscured by new snow. Most every steep slope in the drainage I could see seemed to have slid during the Thanksgiving storm. I could not tell if any of the very upper elevation, above-tree-line slopes had slid because they had a lot of subsequent wind damage.
On the third photo, there's a few ski tracks on the shoulder of Birthday Chutes on a wind loaded roll above trees, which looked like a pretty bold line for the poor snowpack structure we have. But in general, we only saw ski tracks from perhaps 3 people who ventured into upper White Pine.



Today's Observed Danger Rating
Considerable
Tomorrows Estimated Danger Rating
Considerable