Observation Date
12/10/2024
Observer Name
Hardesty and Nicoll
Region
Salt Lake » Park City Ridgeline » Scotts Bowl
Location Name or Route
Scotts Bowl
Comments
Travel was from Guardsman Pass to Scott Pass and up to Scott Bowl to look at yesterday's reported wind slab avalanche. Best I could tell, it - along with four others - were skier triggered long running facet sluffs in the upper 5" of facets and low density snow.
Weak snow abounds
= on our northerlies, we found areas of intact surface hoar buried from Sunday/Monday's meager 1-2" of snow. This new snow was subsequently capped early this morning with a new crop of surface hoar along our travels. It may all be academic as the facets and SH will be intermixed.
= on some west to southwest facing slopes, as Greg Gagne noted almost a week ago, we also found intact radiation recrystallization facets above the crust, protected by the recent 1-2" of snow. See two photos below of RR facets written in the facets above the mf crust and the skiff above the mf crust in the 'pit'.
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Today's Observed Danger Rating
Low
Tomorrows Estimated Danger Rating
Low
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