UDOT PLANNED AVALANCHE CLOSURES!!

Observation: Park City Ridgeline

Observation Date
2/18/2020
Observer Name
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Region
Salt Lake » Park City Ridgeline
Location Name or Route
Monitors, No Name Bowl
Weather
Sky
Few
Wind Direction
Northwest
Wind Speed
Light
Weather Comments
Cold and clear with light winds, increasing g high clouds in the afternoon.
Snow Characteristics
New Snow Depth
3"
New Snow Density
Low
Snow Surface Conditions
Powder
Snow Characteristics Comments
There was 3 to 4 new inches of light density snow from the little impulse last night, powder on all aspects in the AM, the S and SE got a little damp today and might have a thin crust in the AM.
Comments
Travel was up Willow Heights for runs in South Monitor, West Monitor and No Name Bowl. The whole face of West Monitor had avalanched fairly large during the weekend storm and also appeared to avalanche this morning in the new snow from last night. South Monitor also had evidence of avalanching during the weekend storm, as well as No Name. The new light density snow was sluffing and gouging down into the weekends storm snow as well. The sluffs were manageable and not running super fast but in technical terrain might prove problematic. The snow pack was quite stable except for the exception of sluffing. The rime crust is not a factor on the PC Ridgeline so there was no icy bed surface in the terrain covered. Sluffing will probably continue tomorrow with a cold clear night.
photos: West Monitor debris and a new snow slide on lookers right, skier triggered sluffs in No Name
Today's Observed Danger Rating
Moderate
Tomorrows Estimated Danger Rating
Moderate