Quick report
- Aspect
- North
- Red Flags
- Recent Avalanches, Collapsing, Poor Snowpack Structure
- Elevation
- 2469 m
- Red Flags Comment
- <p>A natural avalanche cycle overnight during the storm in Big Springs/Cascade Ridge drainage.</p> <p>Several collapses, but this could have been due to the snowpack resting on grass and bushes. Some cracking.</p>
A decent storm for the southern Wasatch with 1" - 1.7" of water. A few photos (avalanche photo taken by Woody with UDOT) up in Big Springs drainage showing natural avalanche cycle overnight, with avalanches on NE aspects failing in old faceted snow.
I will continue to avoid steep slopes facing northwest through north and northeast which hold faceted snow at the base of the snowpack.
Snowpack
- Instability Comment
- <p>The Provo mountains have a layer of old snow preserved on mid and upper elevation slopes facing Northwest through north and northeast. It is possible some upper elevation east aspects that are shaded have a thin layer of faceted snow as well.</p> <p> </p> <p>ECTP17 down 60 cms (10 cms above the ground) in faceted snow on north aspect at 8,100' (Pit profile below.)</p>
~30 cms storm snow with 70 cms HS on north aspect at 8,100'