Quick report
- Aspect
- East
- Red Flags
- Recent Avalanches, Wind Loading
- Elevation
- 2774 m
- Slope Angle
- 25°
- Red Flags Comment
- <p>Cornice induced naturals 2 to 4 feet deep reported Monday (2 to 3 reported); another in the Banana Chute found today north facing 9500' all in out of bounds terrain. Banana Chute 2' deep and 75' wide likely Monday into Monday night timeframe. </p>
Note rounding damp facets in photo - these facets weakest an inch or two above the Feb 10 rain crust. Still, not much energy along with moderate to hard test scores. No propagation.
As noted by Jim Steenburgh in a Wasatch Weather Weenie post from the other day -
Let's hope that storm and interval stakes are cleared by the "brushy" side instead of the scraper
Cornices, hard wind slabs of concern though feel that the wind slabs should be quickly healing with the warm weather and subsequent sintering of snow layers. Old healing facets above the crust suspected to be activated with significant loading; otherwise new snow should bond well to old surfaces; just a matter of precipitation intensity and accompanying winds.
Snowpack
- Instability Comment
- <p>see Toby Weed's report from Providence canyon from today.</p> <p>As reported above; cornice induced wind slabs active over last two days. </p>
Damp; light rain/mist reported Monday night into Tuesday to upper elevations...snow surface warm, damp.