Observation Date
11/29/2022
Observer Name
JP
Region
Salt Lake » Big Cottonwood Canyon » Reynolds Pk
Location Name or Route
Mill D North, east face off reynolds peak
Comments
Objective
Intended to see how well the new snow is bonded to the surface for E aspects in Mill D North Drainage. Ascended via Lee's Fork
Quite deep with this new snow, even for a low angle slope. Shoutout to the party that broke trail, it looked like a real Quad burner.
Assessing the new snow cohesion situation..
I dug a pit @ 8800' on an east facing zone, representative of something that looked like something fun to ride.
I had the expectation of getting no result from ECT. This area is densley treed and is mostly sheltered from the wind. It should be stable!
Result
ECTP 9 on an ECT
- About 23cm (9in) below the new snow - where the knife is placed in the picture.
20cm over 100cm on a PST
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The potential energy within the snowpack is alive and well.
Plenty of bass when those slabs moved... Makes my car subwoofers look cheap. Made a noise like "Pwomp" and "brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrt".
Wawaweewa!!! What does all this mean ?!
It won't take much force for the new storm slab to propagate.
Today's Observed Danger Rating
Considerable
Tomorrows Estimated Danger Rating
Considerable
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