Snowpack

Observation: Upper Weber Ridgeline

Craig GordonUintas
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Red Flags
Recent Avalanches, Wind Loading
Red Flags Comment
<p>Didn't take much wind to form shallow drifts on leeward slopes.</p>

Snowpack

Instability Comment
<p>PWL is still the problem child and recent avy's in nearby terrain speak to this issue. With a storm on tap it'll be game on.</p> <p> </p> <p>There's a myriad of hard, slick surfaces in the alpine. I watched as a small piece of corni rolled onto the slope below, triggering a shallow drift which fanned out on the slope below.</p>

Super low density snow from the weekend storm was easily transported onto leeward sunny slopes in the wind zone. Looks like high thin clouds in the image above, but it's actually snow blowing near the high ridges.