Snowpack

Observation: Chalk Creek

Craig GordonUintas
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Quick report

Red Flags Comment
<p>No red flags in my travels the past few days</p>

Observation is a compilation of Thurs/Fri field days.

I've covered a bunch of ground in the past few days and seen nothing but a solid looking snowpack in the western Uinta's... good news!

Snowpack

Instability Comment
<p> </p> <p>I think steep, rocky, complex terrain or slopes that avalanched near the ground earlier this season are about the only places you're gonna buy an avalanche today.</p> <p> </p> <p>Not particularly problematic at this juncture, but a crust/facet sandwhich is now buried about a foot deep. We need to see how things materialize, especially with a storm on the way and surface snow growing weak on sheltered north facing slopes</p>