Quick report
- Aspect
- North
- Red Flags
- Recent Avalanches
- Elevation
- 2865 m
- Slope Angle
- 37°
- Red Flags Comment
- <p>As we made our way through the trees and to the edge of the main shot (we chose to ascend from the base and go straight up the crows feet), we could see where the gully had recently sloughed, perhaps during snowfall on friday or when sun hit the upper reaches on saturday. lack of visibility and a desire to get back to the car kept us from doing serious inspection once we reached the top, although it did appear the slough ran a long ways, easily over a 1000'. no sign of a fracture though, and no signs of it breaking down to deeper layers</p> <p>Skinning up we did not encounter collapsing. We also found the new snow to be bonded well enough to the old layer to allow us to ascend without feeling like we would wash out at the steeper parts</p>
Snowpack
- Instability Comment
- <p>there was a decent amount of new snow from the previous storm, close to a foot if not more, comparable to the other parts of the wasatch we skied on friday and saturday: emmas ridge, kessler. Considering the size of the line we were on, and the steepness of it, we took efforts to stay out from under the longer gullies, sticking to tighter trees where possible, going across small test slopes in the lower elevations to feel for any possible collapsing. Skinning up we did not set off any sloughs, although skiing down turns on the steeper sections would cause long running sloughs. Miraculously this storm did not bring any significant wind, which was certainly a deciding factor in taking on a bigger line like this after the decent shot of recent snowfall</p>
Snow quality was outstanding: low density, right side up, boot deep, no wind affect