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Observation: Silver/Days

Observation Date
3/19/2020
Observer Name
Hardesty and Wilson
Region
Salt Lake » Big Cottonwood Canyon » Silver/Days
Location Name or Route
Silver/Days
Weather
Sky
Overcast
Precipitation
Light Snowfall
Wind Direction
West
Wind Speed
Light
Snow Characteristics
New Snow Depth
1"
New Snow Density
High
Snow Surface Conditions
Powder
Snow Characteristics Comments
Initial rain/snow line at 6100'...dropping to 5800' by afternoon. Settled 8" up high.
Small grained graupel and rimed stellars during the day transitioning to beautiful dendrites in the afternoon.
Low/mid elevation snow became heavy by the late afternoon.
Red Flags
Red Flags Comments
No real red flags per se, but plenty of size 1 loose dry and size 1 natural soft slabs from Wednesday. We were able to trigger very minor slow moving sluffs but only in the steepest terrain.
Comments
Photos:
  1. Shallow natural soft slab on the Days Fork headwall from Wednesday; perhaps 6" deep and 30' wide.
  2. Harmless sluffs with provocation in steeper terrain.
  3. Localized pooling of 8mm graupel in localized areas.
Today's Observed Danger Rating
Low
Tomorrows Estimated Danger Rating
None