Recent Avalanches

Heavy Snowfall

Cracking

Collapsing

Poor Snowpack Structure

Checked a lot of boxes for red flags today. I triggered one test slope onto me remotely just 2 steps off the skin track. I triggered another sympathetically onto the skin track after setting off a dry loose that ran the full depth of the new snow. See avalanche obs: https://utahavalanchecenter.org/avalanche/81536 https://utahavalanchecenter.org/avalanche/81538 Nearby, I had a sizable collapse (photo below) with visible surface cracking that wasn't quite steep enough to slide. Had numerous small collapses directly underfoot while skinning. Also had one rolling collapse that seemed to travel about 50ft in either direction of me at the base of a 25 degree slope, but there was no visible surface cracking, I think owing to the soft and deep snow. I saw a handful of small D1 point releases on the Ben Lomond side of the headwall, but was not close enough for a photo to be of use. I was actually a bit surprised to not see anything bigger, but the headwall looked relatively bare. Bailey's appeared to go wall-to-wall (see avalanche obs: https://utahavalanchecenter.org/avalanche/81534 ), with a crown line about 1/2 mile long. This isn't super common, but it has happened in the past. Since I was traveling solo, the distant photo in the obs will have to suffice as I was not willing to go tickle that dragon alone.