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Observation: Park City Ridgeline

Observation Date
12/19/2025
Observer Name
Nick Burr
Region
Salt Lake » Park City Ridgeline
Location Name or Route
Park City Ridgeline
Red Flags
Red Flags
Heavy Snowfall
Wind Loading
Avalanche Problem #1
Problem
Wind Drifted Snow
Trend
Increasing Danger
Problem #1 Comments
High winds around 6-7pm on PC ridgeline
Avalanche Problem #2
Problem
New Snow
Trend
Increasing Danger
Problem #2 Comments
Snowed quite hard as I was leaving. Heavy graupel -> Cold Snow the transition happened from 5:30-7:30
Comments
Skied PC ridgeline today, took a few laps. Storm came in around 4:30 starting as light graupel, transitioning to heavier graupel, strong winds, and dumping snow as I exited (around 7pm?), which was after the sunset. About 2 inches of snow fell on the skintrack/road and the snow was actually cold, which was awesome. When driving down canyon the rain snow line was at Reynolds flats. Attached a photo of a big wind drift. I think that in select locations tomorrow will be really good skiing and also a few spots will probably start avalanching, but maybe still not enough of a load. We'll see. Biggest concern is we now will have enough snow to not see rocks.
Today's Observed Danger Rating
Low
Tomorrows Estimated Danger Rating
Moderate
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