Observation: Wolf Creek

Observation Date

12/30/2025

Observer Name

Weston D

Region

Uintas » Wolf Creek

Location Name or Route

Wolf Creek

Weather

Sky

Clear

Weather Comments

Frigid morning turned into a very mild even warm day by the afternoon.

Snow Characteristics

Snow Characteristics Comments

Travel was slow and inconsistent. Where the machine stayed up on top of the rain crust travel was easy. But getting into trees and on top of ridges; skis and track would just give way and would want to tip you over. It is still extremely thin in our travels today. HS was an average of 60cm.

Red Flags

Recent Avalanches

Cracking

Collapsing

Poor Snowpack Structure

Red Flags Comments

We viewed the previous avalanche in Neely bowl, we saw evidence of older avalanches across the range. We had collapsing in multiple spots. We got a 30-40ft crack, see pics. Snow pack structure was highly variable with multiple crusts noted and basal facets on N-NE

Avalanche Problem #1

Problem

Persistent Weak Layer

Trend

Same

Problem #1 Comments

Poor structure, basal facets and some rain crusts. Had an ECTN and an ECTX, but the tests were plagued by grass and vegetation.

Comments

Old Neeley avalanche in background. Molted snow in the foreground. Overall very shallow snow depth. An isolated column. Crusts easily visible, depending on how good your zoom is you can see the large basal facets on the ground reflecting a ton of light. HS 60 cm

This crack went 20-30ft on the other end of the machine and what you see here. This area was a bit flatter, likely had some amount of wind and had more of a slab than elsewhere.

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