Observation Date
12/10/2024
Observer Name
mark white
Region
Salt Lake » Big Cottonwood Canyon » Cardiff Fork » Cardiac Ridge
Location Name or Route
Cardiff Fork, Cardiac Ridge
Comments
Went to upper Cardiff Fork in hope of finding smoothed out slopes with soft snow underlying the new light density snow. In most of the terrain in Cardiac old tracks could be seen and felt while skiing but a few slopes were smoothed out and provided ok skiing. The poor snow structure is still the main red flag but without a slab on top it's become dormant, and continues to weaken. The wind was also blowing from the W-NW moving snow up high on the 11,000ft ridgelines and cross loading the 2 ventricles in Cardiac Bowl. Not enough of a load to changes things much but I wouldn't be surprised by a few random wind slabs forming up high and maybe releasing with a persons weight, most likely a far outlier of a chance.
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Today's Observed Danger Rating
Low
Tomorrows Estimated Danger Rating
Low
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