Observation Date
3/10/2020
Observer Name
Ted Scroggin
Region
Uintas
Location Name or Route
Blacks Fork-Table Top
Weather
Sky
Scattered
Wind Direction
Southwest
Wind Speed
Moderate
Weather Comments
Partly cloudy today with mild temperatures, winds were calm down low, but gusty southwest wind on the ridge tops.
Snow Characteristics
New Snow Depth
10"
New Snow Density
Medium
Snow Surface Conditions
Powder
Wind Crust
Melt-Freeze Crust
Snow Characteristics Comments
A nice little shot of snow and a good re-set with 3-4" at the trail head and around 8-10" of medium density snow that improved the riding and turning conditions.
Red Flags
Red Flags
Wind Loading
Red Flags Comments
Winds have been strong enough to blow the recent snow into shallow wind drifts that were breaking 20-30' wide on small test slopes. In more windy exposed terrain, I would think these could be more connected and a bit deeper.
Avalanche Problem #1
Problem
Wind Drifted Snow
Trend
Same
Problem #1 Comments
Moderately sensitive shallow wind drifts on the lee side of north and east facing slopes today. Felt like things were starting to settle out as the afternoon went on, but would still play it safe in terrain with bigger consequences.
Comments
It was a nice little shot of snow with 8-10" of medium density snow for some of the higher elevations on the east side of the forecast area.
Found some shallow wind slabs on a few small test slopes, these were manageable in this terrain, but would play things a little conservative in steeper terrain where winds have formed some larger wind drifts.
There were some shallow new snow sluffs in steep shady areas.
Today's Observed Danger Rating
Moderate
Tomorrows Estimated Danger Rating
Moderate
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