Snowpack

Observation: Guardsman Pass area

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Quick report

Just a quick outing to test a ski on my snowbike today. I wasn't out for more than an hour or so but I did not see anything alarming as far as avalanches are concerned. I sidehilled numerous very steep slopes without any significant sluffing or cracking. Winds didn't seem to be drifting much, basically no snow movement down off the ridges.

I picked up a hitchhiker that had walked up Mill B and then descended Little Pine chute into Little Cottonwood. He said he noted just slight wind loading once he was within about 20 feet of the highest ridge.

Danger tomorrow will totally depend on how much snow we get and how fast it falls. I'm thinking MODERATE but wouldn't be surprised if CONSIDERABLE would be more fitting with intense snowfall in the morning.

Snowpack

Snow was really only accumulating from around the base of Solitude and higher in the Canyon.  Difficult to get an accurate reading of how much new snow fell in the last 24 hours but 3 to 5 inches was about as good as I could determine.  Perhaps just slightly inverted.  It is quite deep on the east side of 10420 and may become too deep to be manageable for easy traveling on Tuesday.