Snowpack

Observation: Brianhead Backcountry

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Poor Snowpack Structure

PM scouting mission for Cedar Breaks tomorrow morning. We plan to do other tests on different aspects in the morning. As per our tests, everything was fracturing on the faceting layers. On the ECT, on propegation, the slab completly slid off.

Snowpack

Instability Comment
<p>As more snow accumulates, the PWL continues to get heavily loaded. Currently the snow pack here has 3 tiers of facets, with the bottom lair having the largest I have seen, and full chaining. While it may take more for a slide to break here, it could be catastrophic sliding to the ground. I would expect a step down from the new snow onto this bottom layer.</p> <p>Trend will be decreasing until the next storm rolls in tomorrow night where I would expect it to rise.</p>