Quick report
- Aspect
- Northwest
- Red Flags
- Recent Avalanches, Cracking, Collapsing, Poor Snowpack Structure
- Elevation
- 2438 m
- Slope Angle
- 30°
- Red Flags Comment
- <p>Don't have to get too far off the beaten path to experience cracking and collapsing on the 7500'-8500' Northerlies. </p>
Travelling around Daly (Empire) Canyon, a popular dog walking area near Main Street Park City. Generally there is still little snow on most aspects in this area, however on the Northerly aspects above 7500' you don't have to travel far from the trail to experience cracking and collapsing and there is evidence of fairly recent natural avalanches. What this tells me is that this elevation band is now prone to avalanches especially as our snow pack grows in coming storms. The rain on 12/28 definitely added a crust, now about 15cm down, but it is buried by cold snow and is beginning to facet/deteriorate.
Snowpack
New cold snow sits above the rain layer from 12/28 at 8000'.