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Snow pit location was in an area with nearby trees and protected from wind.

Evidence of recent wind loading, most likely from yesterday's wind event, visible on slope & adjacent slopes.

This is the snow profile of an avalanche that had been reported one day before (utahavalanchecenter.org/avalanche/58378). The reported slop angle is right at the crown, right where the slope transitions from a mellower slope into a steeper slope between trees. Avalanche was 100m wide and 300m long, hard slab. Trigger was a skier: AS. D2 in destructive potential. R4 in size since it filled the space between the trees. Release was within the old snowpack: O.

Dug a pit below Willow Knob in an open flatter field to assess snow similar to prior day's avalanche, which was at same elevation but about 0.1mi away on a N aspect in steeper trees (utahavalanchecenter.org/avalanche/58378).

Generally mild weather with pleasant temperatures.

Dug during the Pro 1 in protected terrain feature adjacent to the meadow.

Dug pit at beginning of first storm in a long time. ECT didn't propagate, but at both locations after collapse snow could be pulled off in single block with sheer Q2 quality. Skinning observations: Fresh snow showed cracking/caking on the skin track, but no shooting cracks.