April 30

City Creek-Cottonwood gulch

Elevations, slope angles and aspects

4900-9400'(snow line between 6500-7k), slope angles over 35°, all aspects.

Snow conditions

Snow was patchy from Rotary park to the Cottonwood gulch entry. South facing had seen significant melt off from the recent rains at lower elevations. Condition was crust on all aspects. Softening was timely with, southwest good corn at around 11am, northwest softening at 12:30 pm.

Weather

Clear and sunny in the morning. Increasing clouds and wind by early afternoon with winds from the west, gusting over 25 mph along the ridges.

Evaluation

Late spring snow conditions. Any instabilities will be from new storm snow. Dense supportable underlying snow pack will melt in place.

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