Quick report
- Red Flags
- Wind Loading
Cornice is becoming a hazard across upper-elevation ridgelines. Be sure to give these large chunks of snow the respect they deserve.
Snowpack
- Instability Comment
- <p>The PWL problem in Provo seems to last longer than any other zone. The issue is it's spotty and decreasing in likelihood. I was in the Mill Canyon Peak zone while Mark went to Dry Fork and Miller Hill. Mark found stable results, and I found unstable results. How does one determine what to think? For me, it was easy. Avoid steep upper elevation slopes facing SE and East for now. </p> <p> </p> <p>The good news is tomorrow's intense sun will likely cook these slopes, and travel here will become less desirable.</p> <p>Even though the strong NW winds blew the snow into submission, we encountered no wind slabs. Lots of terrain was ridden with no avalanches. Outside of the PWL issue, it's feeling like LOW danger. The new snow depth seemed to be less than 6" in areas we traveled. All the wind dirfts we stepped on were well behaved. No cracking or collapsing. </p>
The snow across the lower elevations was full on melt-freeze. Brutal sledding into the area. Hard snow. Once we gained the Forest Lake Trail, we hit soft snow. Roughly 7,600' in the shade we hit powder. Finally.