Quick report
- Red Flags
- Recent Avalanches, Wind Loading, Cracking
- Red Flags Comment
- <p>Touchy wind slabs on NE aspects today with the SW wind. anywhere from 1"-10" deep. We did not go above dead tree know but I bet up on the Ben lomand shoulder they are much deeper. All of the Cutler basin looked wind effected. </p>
Photo 1: Snow surface on NW aspect about 8200 feet pretty widespread in open areas.
Photo 2: Wind affect on surface
Photo 3: Wet loose snow from Monday or Tuesday.
Photo 4: Cutler Basin
Photo 4: Natural Windslab on Rodeo false summit.
Blowing Snow on Cutler Photo Credit Chris Morgan / @chris_twosherpas
Snowpack
- Instability Comment
- <p>This were very sensitive especially on NE convex rollovers that always catch the wind drifts on cutler. We did jump on a few and had reactive results.</p> <p>I am just going to say normal caution. We did not have the warming today that we have had the last few days. I think with the weak snow on the surface in many areas we could see active storm slabs if this storm comes in wet as predicted. I also still think the lingering Deep slab could be triggered in the correct terrain.</p>
The snow surface comes in a buffet of options in the Ogden Mountains. Most SE-SW aspects are now stripped of now or are very wind compacted. Protected areas have surface hoar from the night of the 10th and 11th. This is only about 2-4mm in size. On true south aspects below 7,600 Feet there is a melt/freeze form surface with wet snow. And upper elevation N aspects are just old light density powder from 1/9/2016