Quick report
- Aspect
- Northwest
- Red Flags
- Poor Snowpack Structure
- Elevation
- 2804 m
- Slope Angle
- 28°
The Wasatch snow pack varies greatly with aspect and elevation. Within 100 ft we dug 3 snow profiles in an untracked protected slope. We found a wide variety of results within our snow profiles today. Generally speaking: the snow pack structure is still poor, with two main layers of concern (the facets near the ground, and a layer in the mid pack).
All of our test results failed on the faceted snow grain layer near the ground. CT- 22 RP, ECT 12 SC, RB 4 SC
Forecaster note: The Canadian fracture character rating RP compares with a Shear Quality of Q2; SC compares with Shear Quality of Q1.
Attached is a video of one of our A+ students performing an ECTP-12
This course was taught by Utah Mountain Adventures
Side Note. Please fill in your snow profiles in the backcountry as we don't want to ski or ride into them. Thanks!
Snowpack
- Instability Comment
- <p>The lingering white dragon of the Wasatch still persistent in our snowpack. Steep, rocky, unsupported slopes on Northerly aspects at the upper elevation still have this persistent issues.</p>
The snow surface varied greatly with aspect. On Solar aspect a combination of M/F crust and wind crust is the common theme. On shaded Northerly aspects we found some surface hoar formation.