Observation Date
12/5/2023
Observer Name
Kelly
Region
Salt Lake » Big Cottonwood Canyon » Guardsman Pass area
Location Name or Route
Guardsman-Scott's Back Door
I traveled on slopes less than 30 ° today and avoided avalanche terrain. The PWL that exists is still active and is getting harder to trigger. What this means is that it may entice riders to get further out on the slope before they break to the PWL at the ground layer. Shady aspects are harboring weaker snow and I don't trust it. As Trent said this morning, "Avalanche activity has been nothing short of terrifying and electric. Over the past few days, we've gone through a large natural avalanche cycle throughout the mountains of northern Utah. Control work continues to produce many large and destructive avalanches breaking 2-5 feet deep and up to 1,000 feet wide taking out trees and running into the flats."
Over the next few days it may become more difficult to trigger these avalanches-but they are not something I will be messing with.
Over the next few days it may become more difficult to trigger these avalanches-but they are not something I will be messing with.
Today's Observed Danger Rating
High
Tomorrows Estimated Danger Rating
High
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