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Observation: Parleys Canyon

Hardesty and WilsonSalt Lake
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Quick report

Aspect
Northwest
Red Flags
Heavy Snowfall, Wind Loading
Elevation
2195 m

Below 8000', Tuesday's dust layer sits 45cm down and welded to the melt-freeze crust just below. Plenty of ECTNs within the top 30cm and only minor cracking in recently wind drifted slopes. With just a bit more warmth, the northerly terrain in the low elevation bands wold have "wanted" to produce wet loose sluffs...

Snowpack

Settled 18" since early week.  Much of this new snow has become heavy, dense, and damp.  Wallowing trailbreaking up and down.