Quick report
- Aspect
- Northwest
- Red Flags
- Recent Avalanches, Heavy Snowfall, Wind Loading, Collapsing, Poor Snowpack Structure
- Elevation
- 2987 m
Spent the last few days @ 9800 feet in the Uintas near boundary creek and found significant potential to trigger an avalanche that fails at the ground. Observed 2 slides that had broken at the ground earlier in the week which appeared to be from natural triggers with rapid snow loading. Dug 4 pits today that all showed the same thing with aspect varying from 360° to 220°. All tests were ECT15 or less with near perfect shear and propagation. Stay away from open terrain @ or above treeline for the time being.
Snowpack
- Instability Comment
- <p>As noted by many other forecasters in the region, near the ground there is an extremely loose granular layer that new snow is failing on. </p>