Observation Date
12/17/2020
Observer Name
E. Murray, N. McEachern
Region
Salt Lake » Big Cottonwood Canyon » Days Fork
Location Name or Route
Days Fork-Shoulder of Upper/Main Days
Comments
Headed up Days Fork to get a read on conditions as the storm comes in. Driving up the canyon this morning, the rain/snow line was around Stairs Gulch. Light to moderate snowfall with light wind started around 11am at 9000', but it was gusting on ridgelines with signs of obvious transport at higher elevations. The PWL from Mid-November isn't going anywhere anytime soon and appears to be most reactive in areas that have seen windloading. Dug a pit on an E aspect at 9500' and got a sudden planar fracture on an ECTP11 36cm from the ground. An ECT from an adjacent snow pit had a sudden collapse on isolation. In our opinion, the house of cards that currently exists in the Wasatch will start to topple this weekend as more snow and water is added to the snowpack.


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