Sign Up for the Utah Snow and Avalanche Workshop (USAW) on December 7th!
Ad
The National Forest Service Logo
icon-add Observation
Forecasts
Logan Ogden Salt Lake Provo Uintas Skyline Moab Abajos Weather Archives How to read the forecast
Observations & Avalanches
Submit Observation Observations Explorer All Observations Avalanches Fatalities Place Names Map Archives
Education
Avalanche Awareness Develop Skills On-Snow Courses Resources and Tutorials
Events
Store
About
Contact Who we are Core Values Staff Board of Directors Past Forecasters Sponsors Annual Reports Sign In
Blog
icon-add Observation
Donate / Join

Observation: Beaver Mountain

Observation Date
12/2/2023
Observer Name
weed, pagnucco
Region
Logan » Beaver Mountain
Location Name or Route
Beaver Mt
Weather
Sky
Overcast
Precipitation
Moderate Snowfall
Wind Direction
Southwest
Wind Speed
Strong
Weather Comments
Wintery and blustery with periods of blowing snow and moderate but increasing snowfall intensity
Snow Characteristics
New Snow Depth
13"
New Snow Density
Medium
Snow Surface Conditions
Powder
Snow Characteristics Comments
Untracked snow was droppy and bottomless, and it was hard to get enough speed to do turns. We stayed on the recently cat-packed stuff...
Red Flags
Red Flags
Heavy Snowfall
Wind Loading
Cracking
Collapsing
Poor Snowpack Structure
Red Flags Comments
Lots of signs of instability... Localized cracking and collapsing
Avalanche Problem #1
Problem
Persistent Weak Layer
Trend
Increasing Danger
Avalanche Problem #2
Problem
Wind Drifted Snow
Trend
Increasing Danger
Problem #2 Comments
And inverted (top heavy) new snow.
Snow Profile
Aspect
North
Elevation
8,700'
Slope Angle
13°
Comments
We dug a quick snowpit west of the top of Harries Dream Lift at 8750' and Paige did an extended column test.... ECTP 19
Video
Today's Observed Danger Rating
Moderate
Tomorrows Estimated Danger Rating
Considerable
Coordinates