Observation Date
12/19/2021
Observer Name
Talty, Meisenheimer
Region
Salt Lake » Big Cottonwood Canyon » Mineral Fork
Location Name or Route
Mineral Fork
Comments
Plenty of cracking and collapsing could be seen and felt today on our tour in Mineral Fork. We found a poor snowpack structure on a NNE facing rib beginning at 8000', where we began seeing a thin layer of facets below the new snow since 12/09/21 (photo below). We performed an ECT at this location (8000' NNE) and got a result of ECTP-20 at the facet/slab interface. While walking along the ridgeline at 9200', cracks shot out beneath our skis and spread hundreds of feet onto the slopes beneath us (pictured below). We limited our tour to ridges and slopes below 30 degrees, as we were sure any steep NW-N-NE facing slopes would avalanche with the weight of a human.



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