Utah Avalanche Center

I was surprised the ECT broke with such little force given how deeply the weak layer is buried. In the last week, this area has received 7.2 inches of swe.

This pit location was chosen to be representative of mid elevation NE terrain. 40 cm of advanced facets exist near the ground. Structure is a big red flag but time since loading has increased stability. For Now...Block failed after 30+ taps.

This pit location was bare ground prior to xmas storms therefore no old PWL. Snow near the ground was moist. Good representation of SE aspects in favored snow location in Central Wasatch.

This profile resembles many other places including north facing slopes, the only difference is that the fc'ed/DH layer at 22 cm above the ground is thicker and often has larger grains.

I was surprised to see facets at the ground. In most places the bottom 10 cm or so of the snowpack is very hard, icy snow from the wet October snow.

Good stability on this east facing slope.

Weed/Staples...some previous natural activity noted on upper elevation north facing slopes. Perhaps from height of storm Christmas Eve 12/24?

full on winter conditions..heavy snow, blowing snow, ground blizzard, white out