Observation Date
12/18/2024
Observer Name
Ambler
Region
Salt Lake » Little Cottonwood Canyon » White Pine
Location Name or Route
White Pine
Weather
Sky
Scattered
Wind Direction
West
Wind Speed
Light
Weather Comments
Calm weather today. Delightful travel. The sun was intense. Felt like more of a late February sun than a December sun if you ask me. We felt anything with exposure starting to dampen up. Flat terrain and S, SW where we observed.
Snow Characteristics
Snow Surface Conditions
Powder
Wind Crust
Damp
Snow Characteristics Comments
Some wind board/ crust above treeline. Down lower we found more cohesive wind slabs. Plenty of graupel. Solars were heating up with some natural roller balls. Still early season. Sharks are lurking. We also found a few stumps and plenty of bushes.
Red Flags
Red Flags
Wind Loading
Cracking
Collapsing
Rapid Warming
Poor Snowpack Structure
Red Flags Comments
Whumph whumph whumph all day as we broke trail off the main white pine road. Some with obvious shooting cracks.
Comments
Some of the upper elevation windward slopes have been hit pretty hard by recent winds. Below is east facing terrain in white pine and a shooting crack from a north facing wind loaded slope at 9900'
Today's Observed Danger Rating
Moderate
Tomorrows Estimated Danger Rating
Moderate
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