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Observation: Box Elder

Grainger, Young, DromgooleProvo
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Quick report

Isolated wind slabs running on crusts. SW-facing (photo 2) to NE (photo 1) to E-facing. Observed these more along the windward side of the Box Elder ridgeline than the lee.

This fat cloud ceiling sat at 10,500' for much of the day and slightly dissipated by mid-afternoon. Contributed to greenhousing surface snow.

Snowpack

New snow in Dry Creek/Deer Creek had settled to ~2" at 8000' and ~5" in sheltered areas above 10,000'.  The relatively high density Sunday snow bonding moderately-well to solar crusts on many aspects.  Overnight winds slabbed up isolated pieces of exposed ridgeline snow and scoured many high Southerly aspects.  These wind slabs were 2-8" deep, had little connectivity and were easily manageable with skis.  Sluffing on steep slopes still warrants attention, sluffs are less prevalent than Sunday but still long-running on many areas' solar crust surface.