Observation Date
12/5/2016
Observer Name
Larry Dunn, Pat Lambrose
Region
Salt Lake » Big Cottonwood Canyon » Cardiff/Mineral
Location Name or Route
Mineral Fk - Moonlight
Weather
Sky
Overcast
Wind Speed
Calm
Weather Comments
Windy and gusty down on the BCC road, but no wind in the mid-elevations of Mineral Fork. Clouds above the ridges were going by fast, expect it was blowing on the ridges.
Snow Characteristics
New Snow Depth
1"
New Snow Density
Low
Snow Surface Conditions
Powder
Snow Characteristics Comments
The new snow was painted on just for effect, not much to it. The settled powder continues to become more and more supportable...skied about boot deep today.
Red Flags
Red Flags
Recent Avalanches
Red Flags Comments
Not much to worry about out there today. At the top steep portion of Moonlight, in the starting zone, the slope must have slid back around Nov. 28 or 29th during the storm. There was snow piled up on the uphill sides of the trees further down from the starting zone. The snow remaining in the starting zone has formed a dense slab...described in pictures below from hasty pit.
A pit in the steep starting zone of Moonlight showed a column depth of about 2' with about 7mm of dry facets near the surface. An isolated column could be removed as a single solid slab in this location.
Today's Observed Danger Rating
Low
Tomorrows Estimated Danger Rating
Low
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