Utah Avalanche Center

This is one of 3 snowpits we dug. This pit had the most moisture in the facets near the ground. This could be attributed to either being slightly lower elevation or close to the Farmington Lakes.

Despite low ECTP scores, the collapsing and cracking has ended.

Westerly aspects will require caution with enough loading. Often they are well protected by crusts but this year they are quite weak and potentially suspect.

Pit dug on a NNW facing slope. Weakest layer was interface between new/old snow. There was still a crust with weak faceted snow around it closer to the ground. But this was wet.

Went to look at PWL in Aspen Grove area in the Provo Mountains. Snowpits on aspects N-E-S showed 14-18" of saturated snow with wet facets on the ground.  Snow surface was damp or melt-freeze crust.  In areas we traveled there was no slab over the weak layers.  Worth watching these thinner areas below 8,000' for the future problems with this week's forecasted high pressure and thin snowpack which will drive rapid faceting and could be the next weak layer if it doesn't melt first.