Observation: Patsy Marly

Observation Date
2/4/2025
Observer Name
Ben Crawford
Region
Salt Lake » Little Cottonwood Canyon » Grizzly Gulch » Patsy Marly
Location Name or Route
Patsy Marley
Red Flags
Red Flags
Recent Avalanches
Wind Loading
Poor Snowpack Structure
Comments
Toured up just below twin lakes pass to see what warming and wind has done. Saw a recent avalanche looked like it started at about 10k and was a cornice break (couldn't tell if natural or intentional) and ran to just above the lookers right skin track ~9.5k and was ~20ft wide at its widest point. There also appeared to be two chunks of the cornice in the slide which is why I thought it was a cornice break. Pic 1
Dug a pit at 9,720ft on a NNE face below twin lakes pass. Snow was 200cm deep and where I was standing was supportable but if I took a few steps in either direction would sink in above my knee. Snow was 1F until 190cm then became 4F for a few cm (pic 2). When I did an ECT the test propagated on this layer - ECTP12 at 190cm (pic 3-4).
Today's Observed Danger Rating
Considerable
Tomorrows Estimated Danger Rating
Considerable
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