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Went for a stroll today, couldn’t resist
Trick-or-Treat time will tell…I’d imagine for now the snow structure is pretty similar in the Uintas as the central Wasatch….Kinda spooked by the old snow/ facets lurking
Away from resorts and crowds so…(taken from on the way back)
West Facing, New snow 10-12″ on top of about a 4″ solid frozen layer of facets…facets were solidly bonded in a 1 finger hardness layer, probably melt/freeze, new snow bonded well, Little bit of wind slab forming in spots ….no instabilities observed. green light go.
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West facing was heating up on the exit out.
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-d^^^^Proud SaveOurCanyons member. Hope to see some of you guys at the UAC discussion today as well. Dave your crazy beautiful line. Took a walk in upper lcc yesterday, kind of a late post. Stuck to summer roads. Got a couple rather large collapses on N/NE facing aspects. Lot’s of whumpfing through the flats. Pretty easy to feel the facets under the new snow with pole probes as well. Probably could have got away with riding E/ Slight NE today but I stood away from anything that looked to be loaded and was likely sitting on the old snow. Dug around quite a bit and got some fun turns.
~9000, N facing, CT and ECT 22, clean shears not a lot of energy. 30cm new sitting on 30cm old which is the weak layer dust makes it easy to see.
~9500, E/ slight NE, CT 22, pretty clean shear far less energy dug it in the flats cause I didn’t want to get too exposed this aspect on the mend, 20cm new on top of 20cm old. Probably could have managed this slope and got away with riding it but it looked loaded to me and I’m in no hurry.
Rode SE today, 30 cm sitting on the ground, no lingering old snow was found.
Riding condition were best on N/NE facing up high where I found supportable snow and decent coverage. Most aspects saw some sun and will most likely be crusty in the morning. Lower elevation snow was thin. That’s my observation for first turns of the year…woooohoooo. Take care.Headed back up upper lcc around 1ish. 4 inches of light density snow, winds blowing hard, loading some, scouring most slopes. Variety of surface conditions found. Couldn’t resist digging another pit in the same location I did on 11/1 to see what one warm day and one cold night would do to the snowpack.
~9000, N facing, snowstructure remains the same.
Nothing on an ECT, even with some major probing.
Finally got a collapse using a variation of the Saw Propogation Test (PST).
Noticed a group of two put a line down upper N facing. Found pretty good snow despite the winds.
Take care.11/3 Went up to the Gad 2 area today at the Bird in search of freshies
about 3-4 inches of new, the snow rode fantastic, no crust or bottom feeding, nice fluffy pow on a spongy base
no rocks and nice coverage if your looking to make some cruising turns
winds were gusting about 20-30mph out of the N/NW
snow coverage was great with no other visible tracks in the areaHeaded back up to the Bird for round 2 today, wanted to get up on some high north facing stuff to see how the snowpack was holding up. 12:30pm-4:30pm was snowing for most of the day, probably about 2inches of new.
Put in 3 laps on the upper, snow was great. The few extra inches between yesterday and today made for some nice turns.
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ECT 26 Q2 shear at about 8″ down at my first 3 finger mark. At the interface of the new and older snow. 10K, N.
Overall the snowpack seemed pretty lethargic, I was nervous about the facets but after the pit I couldn’t get any failure on the facet layer except if I pried the column forward with my shovel. The facets at the very bottom were getting stronger the facets just under the dirt layer were still a bit sugary. The snow was really stubborn to get any kind of reaction. Was happy with the pit results so I proceeded to the upper bowls, did not observe any instabilities.
Fun turns and good coverage back down to the car. FYI, The bird is making snow, running snowcats and snowmobiles.
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