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Observation: Wills Hill

Observation Date
1/14/2022
Observer Name
John Mletschnig
Region
Salt Lake » Big Cottonwood Canyon » Willows » Wills Hill
Location Name or Route
Willow Fork
Red Flags
Red Flags
Poor Snowpack Structure
Red Flags Comments
A tale of two pits: We dug a couple pits in near proximity in the upper Wills Hill zone of Willow Fork and found highly variable structure and stability test results based on overall snowpack depth (as expected). Both pits were W, 9800' 29° and ~100' apart but 30cm different in overall depth to the ground. 140cm deep pit= ECTX (weak layer of concern 4F facets with 1 F slab above 110cm deep Pit= ECTP14, ECTP6 on Fist facets with pencil minus slab above
Avalanche Problem #1
Problem
Persistent Weak Layer
Trend
Same
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Today's Observed Danger Rating
Moderate
Tomorrows Estimated Danger Rating
Moderate
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