Quick report
- Red Flags
- Wind Loading
- Red Flags Comment
- <p>Lots of snow moving around the ogden mountains today. Easily visable on sub ridges, the skyline ridge, and even over towards avon pass. If these winds increase we will see the touchiness and sensitivity increase as well. It appeared as though there was a small reminence of preserved surface hoar from the past week of high pressure. I was surprised to find it still present, but I think that is going to be a non issue even with more snow. The SH was extremely small and very deteriorated but was able to be triggered in CTs.</p>
Picture 1 - Snow profile (note the 300cm probe next to the ruler.... its deep out there)
Picture 2 - some graupel on the surface (above 7,000 ft)
Snowpack
- Instability Comment
- <p>Lots of snow available for transport and lots of wind out there today. I imagine we will see some larger wind slabs forming off our ridges and sub ridges. </p> <p>We still have some layers of concern but this problem is becoming harder and harder to find. If we do trigger one of these avalanches though, it could be catastrophic and in the right terrain, unsurvivable. Low probability, High consequence is the name of the game with these. No results with our ECT tests today despite the compression tests revealing some instabilities. </p>
We checked a lot of boxes in conditions today. When I began my day, I was prepared for lots of wind crust, and breakable crusts. Most all of the mid elevation northern aspects skied very well. So long as you stepped off the skin track and went searching, good snow was not hard to find. Melt freeze crusts in our lower elevations formed in the afternoon as the temps cooled and the sun disappeared. We didn't venture into the upper elevations today with all the wind.