Observation: Big Cottonwood Canyon
04-30-2024 | Salt Lake
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Weather at an equilibrium and not changing the avy conditions</div>\n </div></fieldset>\n<fieldset class=\" group-snow-characteristics field-group-fieldset form-wrapper\"><legend><span class=\"fieldset-legend\">Snow Characteristics</span></legend><div class=\"fieldset-wrapper\"><!-- See https://api.drupal.org/api/drupal/modules%21field%21theme%21field.tpl.php/7.x -->\n <div class=\"field-label text_02 bold mb0\">Snow Surface Conditions</div>\n <div class=\"text_02 mb2\">Powder</div>\n <!-- See https://api.drupal.org/api/drupal/modules%21field%21theme%21field.tpl.php/7.x -->\n <div class=\"field-label text_02 bold mb0\">Snow Characteristics Comments</div>\n <div class=\"text_02 mb2\"><div><img alt=\"\" src=\"/sites/default/files/images/staff/Craig/For%20webz.png\" width=\"800\" height=\"418\"></div>\n\n<div><img alt=\"\" src=\"/sites/default/files/images/staff/Craig/IMG_9776.JPG\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\"></div>\n\n<div>Thought I'd go looking for corn on the sunnies, but Monday night's valley rain showers had me re-evaluating, 'cause around here... April showers mean... shallow, late spring powder :)</div>\n\n<div>Yeah, a couple inches of snow overnight didn't do much to soften the solid MF crust underfoot, though the shallow coat of white paint did provide enough traction to take the monster truck out for a few laps.</div>\n\n<div>Bigger picture... the cold temps locked up the pack around the compass and we're set up for a solid corn cycle the next few days and predictable avy hazard with a late weekend storm on tap.</div></div>\n </div></fieldset>\n<fieldset class=\" group-red-flags field-group-fieldset form-wrapper\"><legend><span class=\"fieldset-legend\">Red Flags</span></legend><div class=\"fieldset-wrapper\"><!-- See https://api.drupal.org/api/drupal/modules%21field%21theme%21field.tpl.php/7.x -->\n <div class=\"field-label text_02 bold mb0\">Red Flags Comments</div>\n <div class=\"text_02 mb2\">No red flags noted</div>\n </div></fieldset>\n<fieldset class=\" group-avy-problem-1 field-group-fieldset form-wrapper\"><legend><span class=\"fieldset-legend\">Avalanche Problem #1</span></legend><div class=\"fieldset-wrapper\"><!-- See https://api.drupal.org/api/drupal/modules%21field%21theme%21field.tpl.php/7.x -->\n <div class=\"field-label text_02 bold mb0\">Problem</div>\n <div class=\"text_02 mb2\">Wet Snow</div>\n <!-- See https://api.drupal.org/api/drupal/modules%21field%21theme%21field.tpl.php/7.x -->\n <div class=\"field-label text_02 bold mb0\">Problem #1 Comments</div>\n <div class=\"text_02 mb2\"><div><img alt=\"\" src=\"/sites/default/files/images/staff/Craig/IMG_9769.JPG\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\"></div>\n\n<div><img alt=\"\" src=\"/sites/default/files/images/staff/Craig/IMG_9770.JPG\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\"></div>\n\n<div>Weekend storm snow got severely green-housed on Saturday morning (4/27) and there's lots of old, rock hard chunder that cascaded from steep slopes around the compass. Lower angle aprons offer a smooth ride.</div></div>\n </div></fieldset>\n<!-- See https://api.drupal.org/api/drupal/modules%21field%21theme%21field.tpl.php/7.x -->\n <div class=\"field-label text_02 bold mb0\">Today's Observed Danger Rating</div>\n <div class=\"text_02 mb2\">None</div>\n <!-- See https://api.drupal.org/api/drupal/modules%21field%21theme%21field.tpl.php/7.x -->\n <div class=\"field-label text_02 bold mb0\">Tomorrows Estimated Danger Rating</div>\n <div class=\"text_02 mb2\">None</div>\n <!-- See https://api.drupal.org/api/drupal/modules%21field%21theme%21field.tpl.php/7.x -->\n <div class=\"field-label text_02 bold mb0\">Coordinates</div>\n <div class=\"text_02 mb2\"><div style=\"width:auto;height:400px;\" id=\"openlayers-container-openlayers-map\" class=\"contextual-links-region openlayers-container openlayers-container-map-geofield-formatter-map\">\n <div style=\"width:auto;height:400px;\" id=\"openlayers-map\" class=\"openlayers-map openlayers-map-geofield-formatter-map\"></div>\n</div>\n</div>\n \n <!-- Ad underneath the left navigation desktop, this mobile web markup duplicates this where it should go -->\n ",
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