Utah Avalanche Center

Relatively low elevation for this area. Main concern is what gets buried when the next snow comes. Slopes getting some sun have a crust with facets above and below and surface hoar on top. Direct south is getting baked, but E aspects may remain a problem. Also, little rain fell at this elevation and the last week of precip was mostly snow.

Very little change in snow depth since a week ago. A lot of precip fell as rain.

Thick ice layer at 80-89 cm is from mid December rain (Dec 16?). This avalanche broke just below this ice layer. The storm total was about 10 inches of SWE that caused this avalanche and the widespread avalanche cycle in the Wellsville Range. Below 60 cm it was brushy.

Wind and High PI rates persisting throughout the afternoon.

Surface hoar was an obvious stripe. It was buried on Jan 2 for reference. I'm not sure why it didn't propagate in tests. There was no cracking observed on any layer during slope cuts and other informal tests.