Snowpack

Observation: Ephraim Canyon

Scott WatsonSkyline
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Red Flags
Heavy Snowfall, Wind Loading, Collapsing, Poor Snowpack Structure

Great time to enjoy the flats away from avalanche prone areas while the slopes stabilize.

Snowpack

Instability Comment
<p>Over 36 inches of new snow fell in the last storms. While stationary on a snowmobile on the flat I heard the tell tale sound of collapsing in the weak layer at the ground.</p> <p>The ridges north of Philadephia flat are loading up with snow carried by the wind from the south-west. The same areas that we enjoy climbing have the rotten holdover snow from October and November with developing cornices.</p>