Quick report
- Aspect
- North
- Red Flags
- Recent Avalanches, Rapid Warming, Poor Snowpack Structure
- Elevation
- 3109 m
- Slope Angle
- 35°
Natural new snow instabilities on steep east facing slopes.
Crust from south facing slope above 10K.
The Uintas are nicely filled in and the riding conditions were excellent today. Stability has definitely rounded the corner toward a more stable snowpack but the range is huge and varied so diligence is advisable when assessing terrain for stability. Quick pits, probing for overall snow depth, being aware of red flag signals and aware of where and how you are traveling are still critical. Just because we may be dealing with a more stable snowpack doesn't mean all slopes are green light and you should forget about standard backcountry travel protocol.
Low to moderate danger depending on where you're traveling.
Snowpack
- Instability Comment
- <p>Natural new snow instabilities noted on steep east facing slopes piling up a decent amount of snow on the uphill side of trees. Manageable sluffing in steeper terrain while skiing although they were long running. </p> <p>The persistent weaknesses are still there but getting buried deeper and appearing to be gaining strength. </p>
About 15" of settled snow from last week's dribblers and the Saturday/Sunday snow. Any slope with a southerly aspect took on heat and there was a melt freeze crust by day's end; zipper to 1" thick.