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Observation: Pink Pine

Observation Date
3/22/2023
Observer Name
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Region
Salt Lake » Little Cottonwood Canyon » Red Pine Gulch » Pink Pine
Location Name or Route
Pink Pine
Red Flags
Red Flags
Heavy Snowfall
Wind Loading
Cracking
Poor Snowpack Structure
Avalanche Problem #1
Problem
New Snow
Trend
Decreasing Danger
Problem #1 Comments
New snow was not bonding well to old snow surface yet on NE aspect. Anywhere the slope rolled to ~30ish degrees would fracture pretty cleanly 8-12" deep 10-20 feet wide and run a dense dry slough, up to ~100 feet down slope at a medium pace, leaving a clean/firm bed surface behind. Not enough to bury but would be enough to knock a rider down and shove them into a tree if they became entrained. Easy to manage with terrain selection, but in steeper/bigger terrain I think it could become unmanageable.
Comments
Snow structure has scattered buried crusts and soft layers. Generally found new snow on top of a punchy crust, followed by another layer of soft snow with another crust below that, rinse and repeat one more time before the pack more solid.
Today's Observed Danger Rating
Moderate
Tomorrows Estimated Danger Rating
Moderate
Coordinates