Quick report
- Red Flags
- Heavy Snowfall, Poor Snowpack Structure
Location of gullies which had wet avalanched.
Snowpack
- Instability Comment
- <p>On NNW aspect at around 8500' we experienced wet sloughing from skier decents. Numerous pin wheels and roller balls observed, both naturally occurring and from skiers. The snow was heavily (for Utah) saturated and gloppy even at elevations up to 9200'. The recent spell of warm temperatures and now rain and wet snow makes the probability higher for wet slides on north, as well as other aspects. Several low elevation (~6000') gullies near the trailhead had wet avalanched, though when was not possible to assess - could have been a few days ago, could have been today. Hopefully it will cool down significantly tonight and tomorrow and this problem will abate. </p> <p>Hopefully the temperatures will drop and we won't experience too much in the way of deep persistent slabs. If the temps don't drop and we get a lot of wet, heavy snow then this problem certainly could manifest itself. Wait and see...</p>
Dense very wet snow falling from roughly 7500 - 9200'. New snow accumulation by around 2pm was 2-4". Wow do we need the temperatures to drop a bit!