Observation: Cardiff Pass

Observation Date

11/25/2025

Observer Name

Hardesty, Torrey, Maushund, Meisenheimer, Champion, Gagne

Region

Salt Lake » Little Cottonwood Canyon » Cardiff Pass

Location Name or Route

Cardiff Pass

Weather

Sky

Few

Wind Direction

West

Wind Speed

Light

Weather Comments

Clear and cold, some cloud cover. Perfect conditions for the continued deterioration of the snowpack.

Snow Characteristics

Snow Surface Conditions

Faceted Loose

Snow Characteristics Comments

Found 2-6" of loose faceted snow on the north side of Cardiff Pass. Although we are not issuing danger ratings or denoting avalanche problems yet, we generally agreed that problematic weak faceted snow existed on upper elevation northwest, north, northeast, and some east facing slopes and some northwest to northeast (mostly north) facing aspects along the upper bands of the "mid-elevations".

I had originally been optimistic that (owing to the very dry early season) we wouldn't have much old weak snow, but now that's not the case.

Photos of coverage in upper LCC and Cardiff below.

Red Flags

Poor Snowpack Structure