This week is Avalanche Awareness Week. Events are happening daily across the state to prepare you for winter and get you thinking about avalanche safety.
Find out about all our events HERE.
This morning, temperatures are cold. Trailheads are in 10˚-15° Fahrenheit, and upper elevations are in the single digits. Winds at blowing from the NW at 5-15 mph at 9000 feet and 10-20 mph at upper elevations. Yesterday, some favored locations saw an inch or two of snow, but most locations only received a trace.
Today, skies will be mostly clear with some low clouds obscuring peaks early in the morning that should burn off by late morning. Temperatures rise into the low to mid 20˚s Fahrenheit. Winds will be from the WNW at 9000 feet, will be light 5-10 mph, and 20-30 mph along the upper elevation ridgelines. We may see an increase in winds late this afternoon as the storm approaches from the northwest.
This weekend, a significant winter storm moves in late tonight through the weekend with 1 to 2 feet of snow expected. The wet and windy storm favors Northern Utah and locations with a WNW flow. Expect the rain/snow line to rise through Saturday morning to ~7500 feet before the cold front arrives Saturday afternoon. Avalanche danger will quickly rise as snow accumulates.
Our partners are the National Weather Service in SLC have issued a Winter Storm Watch for the Wastach and Western Uinta Mountains from late tonight through late Saturday Night in anticipation of a prolonged period of heavy snowfall and difficult travel conditions.
No new avalanches reported from the Provo area mountains.
Be sure to check out all observations HERE.
