Observation: Reynolds Peak

Observation Date
11/11/2022
Observer Name
Manship, Talty
Region
Salt Lake » Big Cottonwood Canyon » Mill D North » Butler Fork » Reynolds Peak
Location Name or Route
Weathering Heights
Weather
Sky
Clear
Wind Speed
Calm
Weather Comments
Beautiful clear calm day. Calm winds and cool temps in the shade.
Snow Characteristics
Snow Surface Conditions
Powder
Melt-Freeze Crust
Snow Characteristics Comments
Cool slopes still have light pow, many slopes E-S-W have a zipper crust that varies from mild to difficult to ski.
Snow Profile
Aspect
East
Elevation
8,900'
Slope Angle
30°
Comments
Snow stability was good. We where looking to see if there was anything weird about the crust that exists in some places before the recent storm snow. It looked good to us. Overall snow is consolidating into a nice base.
Beautiful clear day. We noted good coverage at mid and upper elevations. Snow quality has remained great and light on shaded slopes. The snowpack has consolidated a good bit from the last couple days and makes for fun confidence inspiring snow that makes it harder to target the rocks.
Over the last couple days I have found a snowpack over a meter deep in sheltered north facing areas but when you turn the compass in other directions a bit a shallower snowpack can be found. We noted a 70cm snowpack on E and could see it to be shallow on south facing slopes as well with bushes sticking out.
We noted surface hoar developing on one area on top of a crust but a lot of the surface is still dendrites. We did not note anything glaringly weak in the snowpack as of yet.
Today's Observed Danger Rating
Low
Tomorrows Estimated Danger Rating
Low
Coordinates