Quick report
- Aspect
- Northeast
- Red Flags
- Poor Snowpack Structure
- Elevation
- 2713 m
- Slope Angle
- 29°
- Red Flags Comment
- <p>frigid temps and shallow pack say it all. </p>
our discussion today of snowpack
Summit ridgelines just starting to fill in, no activity noted
small sluff on Phone Shot, really did not see any new activity anywhere
Old debris on Wedding Ring Ridge east facing not even covered
Snowpack
- Instability Comment
- <p>right now hazard is low, sluffing a sure bet on very steep terrain, NW through NE where most snow is remaining, but getting into such terrain would take some work, and you have to ask why anyone would given shallow pack</p> <p>have to think of the future, and if we finally get some snow, will be fairly active natural cycle, given enough load</p>
Getting around is improving slowly, but you must tread lightly, easy on the throttle, most turns involved the entire snowpack. 50 cm at Miller Flats and cleaned 10 cm off interval board, old tracks are not even covered, brush, rocks, and windfall still very visible (which is a good thing). Wind crust down 5" varied a little in thickness over different aspects and elevations, but seems fairly well distributed, is deteriorating due to shallow snowpack, gradient is eating it away. East aspects were scoured with hurricane over a week ago, so overall pack is slightly improved, allowing a little more access, but extreme terrain still has all rocks and boulder anchors only partially buried.
Overall pack is weak, which will be a player when it is subjected to a load, but the last storm fell far short of achieving that. Low angle sheltered terrain does hold some consistent snow that felt like skiing a foot of new snow, but could not help think that beneath that was dirt. Being in the shadow of Wasatch Front (and Nebo in particular in this area) leaves the plateau a couple of months behind Central Wasatch