Snowpack

Observation: Salt Lake

Jake HutchinsonSalt Lake
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Quick report

Aspect
Northeast
Elevation
2987 m
Slope Angle
38°

Great Skiing on most slopes. Well developed surface hoar, wind skin, NSF combo sets up for some potentially interesting avalanche conditions if buried like this in the next storm

If you look close, you can see surface hoar above and NSF below the old surface snow

Not a widespread issue, but great illustration of surface hoar buried intact that is attached to the thin windslab above

Snowpack

Instability Comment
<p>Potential for facet sluffs in recrystalized surface snow</p>

Well developed surface hoar on most North thru East aspects above 8700 feet