We dug a shallow pit in a 210cm snowpack at 7800' on a northeast aspect. We wanted to see if Provo has the same low-elevation rain crust we've seen in the central Wasatch. In this location, it did not. We had variable results below a wind crust 15cm down, with ECTPV, ECTP15, and ECTN. No evidence from the rest of the tour that this layer was a true concern.

Another shallow pit on northeast at 8,580 feet had ECTN on the same layer.

Avalanche was 400' wide, 1000' vertical, 3-6' crown. 9600' on NE aspect, upper midslope in UFO bowl 3. It was previously reported by an observer who spotted it from Bobs Knob on 2/22, but this "direct" viewing gave a better sense of the size. Debris ran to the end of the flats, and knocked down trees on the way.

A quick pit on the old bed surface gave insight into what we might expect on upper elevation repeater paths...not an insignificant portion of the terrain, given the widespread and dramatic avalanching in mid February. 30 cm of recent storm snow on top of a few cm of small facets overlying the bed surface. Roughly 40cm of 1F+ depth hoar and facets with a 2cm pencil crust/bed surface with 5cm of newer weak faceted grains. Storm snow since the event is settled 30cm; ECTX on this layering but will activate with more load. Similar repeater paths in higher, more wind loaded areas may be more suspect.