There is a Level 3 or Considerable danger on some slopes in the backcountry, and dangerous avalanche conditions exist, mainly in drifted upper elevation terrain... You'd probably trigger stiff wind slab avalanches 1 to 3 feet deep and/or large cornice falls if you travel on steep drifted slopes or venture too close to unstable cornice lips today. You'll find heightened avalanche conditions and a Level 2 or Moderate danger on many other slopes. Dangerous and destructive persistent slab and deep slab avalanches are possible in shady terrain, especially on slopes with poor snow structure and those overrun by wind slab or cornice fall avalanches. But, these dragons will hopefully remain difficult to trigger otherwise. Solar warming will cause a rapid increase in the danger of loose wet and soft new snow slab avalanches on slopes with initially warmed and moistened surface snow...Careful snowpack evaluation, cautious route finding, and conservative decision making are essential in avalanche terrain today.

A couple feet of new snow fell at upper elevations in the mountains around Logan and strong south and then west winds built much deeper drifts in places... Not many people made it out into the backcountry yesterday and parking was made difficult by deep drifted snow at the trailheads. So, you'll find plenty of deep, untracked snow to play in today. Tony Grove Snotel at 8400' reports 2.2" of water from the windy Monday/Tuesday storm. It's 17 degrees this morning and there is 132 inches of total snow with 144% of average water content for the date. The Hwy 89 UDOT Logan Summit weather station reported westerly winds yesterday sustained in the mid-thirties and gusting to 45 mph for several consecutive hours. Strong westerly winds diminished significantly in the Central Bear River Range overnight...

Locally, a local rider reported seeing a large fresh natural deep slab avalanche off Millville Peak in Providence Canyon yesterday. Evidence of the fresh avalanche was seen from a bit of distance and across the canyon, but was estimated at around 5 feet deep and 200 feet wide. It was destructive and piled deeply into the ravine below the face..... I found very sensitive conditions and easily triggered a couple fairly large cornice falls off the south ridge of Beaver Mountain yesterday afternoon.

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We'll get a break from the spring storms today, and we'll see sunny and fairly mild conditions in the mountains today, with temperatures in the mid twenties and a gradually increasing southwest wind... Clouds will return overnight and winds will pick up again ahead of the next shot of snowfall scheduled for tomorrow... We could pick 4 to 6 inches in the high country... Looks like the moist weather pattern will continue through the weekend, with a good chance for more accumulating snow Friday and again Sunday...

We are offering a free avalanche awareness talk for riders on Thursday, March 24 at 6:00 at Renegade Sports in Nibley. This will be followed by a ride into avalanche terrain (field session) on Saturday, March 26.....

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