Snowpack

Observation: Wolf Creek Pass

Craig Gordon/Ted ScrogginUintas
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Quick report

Aspect
Northwest
Red Flags
Wind Loading, Poor Snowpack Structure
Elevation
2926 m
Slope Angle
34°

Snowpack

Instability Comment
<p>Very shallow pack on the eastern front. Wind sheltered terrain offers a four finger slab on fist facets. In the wind zone, pockets of pencil and knife slab rest on fist facets. In either case.... not a good setup.</p> <p>To add insult to our already shallow snowpack, recent winds have scoured the ridges down to bushes and dirt.</p> <p>Creating an unevenly distributed slab, varying in depth and strength.</p>

Snowpack is a gong show and highly variable in depth, strength, and distribution.