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Observation: Twin Lakes Pass

Observation Date
12/11/2019
Observer Name
Hardesty and Slack
Region
Salt Lake » Little Cottonwood Canyon » Grizzly Gulch » Twin Lakes Pass
Location Name or Route
Twin Lakes, Black Bess
Weather
Sky
Broken
Wind Direction
Northwest
Wind Speed
Moderate
Snow Characteristics
Snow Surface Conditions
Powder
Snow Characteristics Comments
Soft and surfy with 3-5mm SH feathers noted on many slopes. Some southerlies had a zipper crust from Tuesday's sun.
Red Flags
Red Flags
Poor Snowpack Structure
Red Flags Comments
Nothing noted but continued poor structure. Very minor sluffing in the recent storm snow.
Comments
General snowpack structure has the recent settled 8" storm snow of graupel and other slightly weakening pps above either the pre-frontal 2" hard wind crust or 1" sun crust. East-southeast presented as decent structure with some 4F+ facets beneath a deeper crust, see below. Mostly academic in nature.
Avalanches with the upcoming storm likely at new/old interface or within storm snow, possibly gouging to old crusts and potentially stepping down to old snow facets; particularly on repeater paths.
Today's Observed Danger Rating
Considerable
Tomorrows Estimated Danger Rating
None