Quick report
- Red Flags
- Recent Avalanches, Wind Loading, Cracking, Collapsing
- Red Flags Comment
- <p>Lots of red flags out there today. Plenty of new storm slabs to view between the natural and human triggered variety. Winds were loading lots of slopes on the north half of the compas again. I did not check rapid warming but that might be a concern for 8k and below tomorrw. High tempatures at Alta tomorrow should top out at 40 degrees. </p>
Did not see any avalanches break deeper than the storm snow today. Seamed like a small natural cycle this afternoon in upper LCC where the most snow was received. Grapuel could be a potential suspect in some of the new storm slabs today. Height of snow on south aspects at 10k is around 110 cm. Up to 145cm on high north aspects. Cottonwoods forecast is calling for 2-3" of water weight from this next storm with snow levels at 8k for the first half of the storm. Possibility of wet activity at 9k and below once this storm gets going and the snowpack gets saturated. Looks like the second half of the storm should be right side up.
Pic 1. Storm slab in Cardiff behind two trees.
Pic 2. The slide Jake's AAI class remotely triggered on Cardiff Peak.
Pic 3. Cracking in the skin track.
Pic 4. Small storm slab.
Snowpack
- Instability Comment
- <p>Widespread storm slabs out there today on a variety of aspects. Noticed them running on steep south facing terrain with slick crusts beneath and also shady north facing terrain which likely was faceted on the surface before the new snow. Wider than expected in may locations. The largest we saw was on Toledo just west of the chute, which was maybe 400 feet wide. Could not get a good picture with the poor visibility. Only five or six inches deep but definitely something to watch in the future once it gets burred. </p> <p>Winds were loading lots of terrain on the North half of the compass again. Plenty of snow available for transport. Cornices were starting to form.</p>
Around 5" of new snow at 9500' in upper LCC. Looks like .38" of water at Alta with 5" reported which makes the density around 8%. Mixed particles including grapuel during the afternoon observed.