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Good Morning! This is Craig
Gordon with the
This
advisory covers the terrain from Daniels Summit, to
Current Conditions:
Skies are partly cloudy, northerly
winds are blowing 5-10 mph along the ridges and temperatures just about 10
degrees at both 8,000’ and 10,000’. We’ve received 2” of light density snow in
the past 24 hours. The riding and turning conditions remain quite good
especially on mid elevation shady slopes.
Avalanche Conditions:
There’s not a
whole lot going on with the snowpack right now and it looks like it should
remain pretty tame until we see a change in the weather pattern. While it’s
unlikely that you’ll trigger an avalanche today, it’s not totally out of the question
especially if you’re starting to step up the seriousness of the terrain you’re
riding in. I’m still concerned that a rider may be able to trigger an avalanche
that breaks into deeper buried weak layers, but it will take the right
combination of steep radical terrain, a weak shallow snowpack with a strong
slab on top of it and then finding the right spot on the slope to tickle in order
to initiate an avalanche. Check out this recent
snowpit on
Bottom Line:
The avalanche danger is generally LOW today and both human
triggered and natural avalanches are unlikely.
In upper elevation terrain at and above tree line
the avalanche danger is MODERATE
today on northwest through east facing slopes approaching 40 degrees in
steepness. A MODERATE
avalanche danger means human triggered avalanches are possible.
Mountain Weather:
High
pressure across the area this morning will shift east this afternoon, allowing
a fast moving system to clip the northern portion of the state. Look for
increasing afternoon clouds, light winds and highs at 8,000’ near 30 degrees,
along the ridges it’ll be in the low to mid 20’s. Overnight lows dip into the
upper teens. I don’t hold a lot of faith in Sunday’s system, but we may be able
to squeak 1”-3” of snow out of it. Brief high pressure builds for Monday, then
a messy, unsettled pattern sets up for the rest of the week.
Announcements:
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I want to thank the crew at Tri-City Performance in
Springville along with Polaris and the Utah Snowmobile Association for
partnering with the avalanche center and stepping up to the plate by providing
a new sled for this season! Click
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see the new
ride!
Free avalanche awareness classes are available. Give
me a call at 801-231-2170 or email [email protected]
and get one scheduled before the season gets too crazy!
If any terms confuse you, take a look at our new avalanche encyclopedia.
For avalanche photos click here.
General
Information:
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.
I’ll update this
advisory by
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