Quick report
- Elevation
- 2957 m
- Red Flags Comment
- <p>Currently the snowpack seems generally stable due to a lack of a cohesive slab on the weak faceted snow.</p>
In our travels we found a generally thinner snowpack on the Wasatch Back, relative to the central cottonwoods. Snow height on polar and protected snow ranged from 30-50cms. We noted very developed surface hoar, especially at low and mid elevations. Right now it is very thin out there and it is pretty hard to snowmobile or ski without touching bottom. While a snowpack issue doesn't seem to be much of an issue right now, the sandbox that is our snowpack will become the futures persistent weak layer. Mapping where the snow exists, and where it is faceted will continue to be important.
Snowpack
The snow has taken a beating from this high pressure. The clear cold nights turned the shallow snowpack in this part if the region into a sandbox on low angle and polar slopes. On SW-S-SE the snow took on more heat today and is melting and/or will have a sun crust on it tomorrow. Around ridge lines variable snow exists from past winds.