Snowpack

Observation: Salt Lake foothills

John MletschnigSalt Lake
View on map
Observation photo 1

Quick report

Aspect
North
Red Flags
Recent Avalanches
Elevation
2621 m
Slope Angle
29°

Recent wind loads and storm slabs seemed pretty settled out in areas traveled today (9400' and below). Old snow below storm snow is damp below 7600'. Sessions Mountains natural and machine trigered slides on interface layer on ESE are notable.

Snowpack

Instability Comment
<p>Buried near surface facets on protected aspects down ~71cm are a possible trouble layer as well as a possible facet crust storm interface layer on S half (reactive in past storm where loaded)</p>

Dense, fast settled powder. Slopes exposed to SW winds had thin rime skin above 8000'