Observation: 10420

Observation Date

1/7/2022

Observer Name

Hardesty, Wilson, Wetterberg

Region

Salt Lake » Big Cottonwood Canyon » 10420

Location Name or Route

10420

Weather

Sky

Few

Wind Direction

Southwest

Wind Speed

Moderate

Weather Comments

Plumes and banner clouds On Thunder Bowl and Lone Peak Hard slabs for breakfast?

Snow Characteristics

Snow Surface Conditions

Powder

Wind Crust

Rain-Rime Crust

Snow Characteristics Comments

Interesting cloud-based frozen water droplets(?) crust from mid-week noted variably up to 9500'...See the sheen on the uptrack here

Red Flags

Wind Loading

Poor Snowpack Structure

Avalanche Problem #1

Problem

Persistent Weak Layer

Trend

Decreasing Danger

Problem #1 Comments

I think we are trending in the right direction. Video below -

It will still take a number of days without any more loading events, but we're trending Low Probability High Consequence

Avalanche Problem #2

Problem

Wind Drifted Snow

Trend

Same

Problem #2 Comments

Wind drifting continues unabated. Drifts will be hidden beneath tonight's few inches and should still be on the radar in steep terrain.

Video

Today's Observed Danger Rating

Considerable

Tomorrows Estimated Danger Rating

None

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