Observation Date
3/17/2023
Observer Name
Ted Scroggin
Region
Uintas » Gold Hill
Location Name or Route
Gold Hill
Weather
Sky
Clear
Wind Direction
East
Wind Speed
Calm
Weather Comments
Pretty cold start to the day for the middle of March, but the sun and clear skies made for a nice day-not too warm nor cold. A slight east breeze, but no snow moving around where I traveled.
Snow Characteristics
New Snow Depth
10"
New Snow Density
Medium
Snow Surface Conditions
Powder
Melt-Freeze Crust
Snow Characteristics Comments
About 10" from the mid week storm which has settled out to several inches of nice cold snow. There was a fairly stout crust on the sunny aspects from the high angle of the sun this time of the year, but generally the conditions are quite good out there right now.
Red Flags
Red Flags Comments
No red flags that I observed today.
Avalanche Problem #1
Problem
Wind Drifted Snow
Trend
Decreasing Danger
Problem #1 Comments
The warmer temperatures and mostly calm wind the last couple days have helped to settle out most of the wind issues from my observations. Felt like the conditions are trending in the right direction towards mostly stable and just in time for another round of snow and wind next week.
Comments
One minor issue I noticed today was the weakening snow surface on steep cold north aspects that would sluff on steep slopes and should not be a problem to riders.
There was quite the variety of users out there this week with sleds, bikes and the monster truck type (snowcat).
Today's Observed Danger Rating
Moderate
Tomorrows Estimated Danger Rating
Moderate
Coordinates
