February 15

City Creek-Burro peak

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Grandview-Cottonwood gulch

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Elevations, slope angles and aspects

5500-9400', angles over 35°, all aspects except northeast facing

Snow conditions

Melt freeze, softening to corn-like early with, isothermal snow below about 8k in the afternoon.

North facing was a mixed bag of boiler plate and crust, never softening.

Wet activity was limited to point release sluffing in sun exposed and some rollers on mid elevation shady

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Shallow snowpack of 2-3'.

Weather

Partly cloudy skies, mild temperatures. Wind from the west, gusting over 20 mph.

Evaluation

Stable snow, instability from warming.

Future instability, after the wind storm, would be dependent on snow amounts and bonding of new snow to old surfaces.

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