Manto nevoso

Observation: North Ogden Divide

Mark StaplesOgden
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Quick report

Aspect
East
Red Flags
Recent Avalanches
Elevation
1676 m
Slope Angle
15°
Red Flags Comment
<p>Two or three natural avalanches hit the road yesterday.</p>

Photo below of snowpit wall graphed in the profile above. Snow was very warm. Seemed almost damp in the lower half of the snowpack where it was weaker and a little faceted.

Photo of one of the slopes that produced a sizable natural avalanche and phot of the closed section of road as of (Jan 7, 2019). The county anticipated starting work to clear the road on Jan 8.

Snowpack

Instability Comment
<p>The first avalanche and the largest one seems to have failed on a persistent weak layer of facets. Possible under (or maybe above) a crust.</p>