UDOT PLANNED AVALANCHE CLOSURES!!

Forecast for the Provo Area Mountains

Drew Hardesty
Issued by Drew Hardesty for
Monday, December 4, 2017

The danger is generally LOW in the Provo area mountains. Isolated and shallow wind drifts and loose snow sluffs may be found in the highest elevations.

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Weather and Snow

Skies are mostly cloudy in the wake of the storm. Snow totals are 2-4" in the mid and upper elevations. Temps are in the teens; winds are generally less than 15mph. Snow barely exists below 9000' and only the highest elevations holds snow up to a foot or more deep - and that's in wind drifted areas.

The weather story from mid-mountain 7500' at Sundance - thanks to UDOT Provo canyon:

  • September 23/24th storm - 5"/0.69" with monthly water totals of 2.73"
  • October water numbers - 1.66" H20
  • November - 4.5" snow/0.50" water
Recent Avalanches

There has been no reported avalanche activity in the Provo mountains.

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The danger is generally Low in the Provo mountains. Some minor sluffing and pockety wind drifts may be found in the highest elevations.

Photo: Drew Hardesty from the Provo area mountains on Friday. Observation found here.

Additional Information

Skies will be mostly cloudy. Winds should start to calm down and blow 15mph from the northwest. Temps will be in the upper single digits along the high ridgelines and the teens at the trailheads. What has been already billed as a "monster ridge" starts to build in tomorrow for the foreseeable future.

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This information does not apply to developed ski areas or highways where avalanche control is normally done. This advisory is from the U.S.D.A. Forest Service, which is solely responsible for its content. This advisory describes general avalanche conditions and local variations always occur.