Snowpack

Observation: Beaver Creek

Jay WilliamsUintas
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Quick report

Aspect
North
Red Flags
Heavy Snowfall
Elevation
2316 m

This is a local spot for an after-work tour. I've skied this area a dozen times over the past few years, mostly due to easy access, a moderate slope for skinning up, and beautiful views looking northwards. Nice terrain with some open pockets for skiing down, but stay out of terrain traps and snow covered streams/gullies where a slide could deposit lots of snow.

Snowpack

Instability Comment
<p>PWL is still there, hiding down below. No indications of instability on the slope I chose due to lower angle terrain. No signs of any slides, cracking, or sluffing on adjacent steeper terrain, but there are some rollovers in places I'd avoid.</p> <p>Top 30cm is dry powder on top of about 30cm of 4 finger hardness.</p>