Quick report
- Aspect
- Northeast
- Red Flags
- Collapsing, Poor Snowpack Structure
- Elevation
- 2926 m
- Slope Angle
- 32°
- Red Flags Comment
- <p>The snowpack was mostly quiet. One localized collapse on a north aspect around 9000' as a skier stepped out of their skis and sunk into the snowpack.</p>
Snowpack
- Instability Comment
- <p>I've spent the last several days skiing and digging in Days Fork and have found poor structure with a slab sitting above a layer of facets in each pit. The slab varies in thickness and hardness depending on the slopes exposure to the strong wind event Nov 29-30. I have not noticed any avalanche activity failing on the persistent weak layer within this drainage. John Lemnotis did report <a href="https://utahavalanchecenter.org/avalanche/71008">this avalanche</a> in Banana Days on Dec. 1</p> <p> </p> <p>Test results have consistently produced propagation with moderate to hard force. ECTP 13, ECTP 29x2, ECTP31x2 and PST End 38/100. The weak layer is buried 60-80cm below the surface in the area and was not showing significant signs of strengthening or rounding where I observed. The recent avalanche activity along the Park City ridge line provides a clear example of the type of avalanche and potential size we're dealing with (<a href="https://utahavalanchecenter.org/avalanche/71142">example 1</a>, <a href="https://utahavalanchecenter.org/avalanche/71211">example 2</a>, <a href="https://utahavalanchecenter.org/avalanche/71046">example 3</a>). The conditions in this area might be more stubborn to trigger than seen elsewhere but still possible.</p>
Snow depths are generally 1.5 m to 1.75 m above 9000'