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Good morning, this is Evelyn
Lees with the
Current Conditions:
This weeks storm totals were
50/3.5 in Little Cottonwood, 40/2.5 in Big Cottonwood, 30/2.4 along the
Park City Ridgeline, 18/2 in the Ogden Mountains, 10/0.7in the Provo
Mountains and over 36 in the Western Uintas.
The powder on the shady slopes is sublime, and with several days of
settlement there is excellent turning, snowshoeing and riding on low angle
slopes. The sunny slopes got baked yesterday,
and will be well crusted this morning.
Avalanche Conditions:
Due to the large size and
dangerous nature of recent avalanches, I have continued the Special Avalanche
Advisory for the
Yesterday, the cycle of deep avalanches
breaking on weak facets near the ground continued. Highway control work released large slides on
the northerly facing paths above
In contrast, some fairly
steep slopes were skied without incidence yesterday. The complex stability pattern is very frustrating
- a bit like having land mines scattered throughout the backcountry. While the chance of triggering one of these
slides may only be localized, the consequences if you do could easily be fatal.
Snow pits, cornice drops and
ski and snowmobile tracks may not be good indications of snowpack stability. To
stay safe keep your slope angles down and use your safe travel skills. Since slides could be triggered remotely, also
watch the angle of the slopes above and to the sides of you.
If the winds do pick up more
than expected, fresh drifts of wind blown snow will rapidly form and should be avoided
on steep slopes.
Bottom Line:
The avalanche danger today is CONSIDERABLE on
steep slopes in many areas of
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In areas of the
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The avalanche danger is CONSIDERABLE. Very large and dangerous human triggered
avalanches are possible.
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The
danger is MODERATE.
Mountain Weather:
The skies over northern
General Information:
Wasatch
Powderbird Guides will be flying one ship in American Fork and the other in
To
report backcountry snow and avalanche conditions, especially if you observe or
trigger an avalanche, you can leave a message at (801) 524-5304 or
1-800-662-4140. Or you can e-mail an
observation to [email protected], or you can fax an observation to
801-524-6301.
For
more detailed mountain weather and avalanche information, your can call
801-364-1591, which well try to have updated by around noon each day.
The
information in this advisory is from the U.S. Forest Service, which is solely
responsible for its content. This advisory
describes general avalanche conditions and local variations always occur.
Ethan
Greene will update this advisory by
Thanks for calling!
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more detailed weather information go to our Mountain Weather Advisory
National
Weather Service - Salt Lake City - Snow.
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