Quick report
- Red Flags
- Wind Loading
- Red Flags Comment
- <p>The afternoon Westerly Winds were continuing to build and add to Wind Slab development on NE,E and SE aspects. </p>
Snowpack
- Instability Comment
- <p>See above, and these Moderate to Strong Winds are forecast to remain active. </p> <p>Sensitive Cornices continue to grow with the new snow and winds. Cornices were easy to trigger even in the early morning hours before the latest Wind Events became active. </p> <p> </p> <p>Forecast is calling for "Mostly Cloudy" skies with periods of snow, but the daytime highs will be rising on Thursday, and any periods of sunshine and/or thin clouds may help initiate Wet Loose activity on Southerly facing slopes. Direct sunshine and/or Greenhousing may remain a possibility with the intensity of the mid-April solar. </p>
The new snow from the past 24 hours was at least 5 inches at many locations, with the storm totals in Wasatch County 14 inches. Riding conditions improved significantly from the previous day with yesterdays snow now serving as a soft base with the additional light density new providing excellent turning. Excellent Winter-like riding conditions exist on all aspects. Many Upper elevation exposed terrain features with WNW-NW aspects have been wind scoured and have a firm uneven m/f crust. Even in areas with the new snow you can still feel the old snow surface when riding on 35 degree terrain and steeper in many locations. As well, in many areas the variable old snow surfaces are still creating challenging riding, and old tracks and "clinkers" can trip you up. Side hill trail breaking on slopes with angles 25 degrees and greater can be challenging with the slick/firm pre-storm snow surfaces contributing to this issue.