Week in Review for Friday, March 6th - Thursday, March 12th, 2026
We look back at the key events from the previous week. Click HERE for archived forecasts.
Summary: The week begins as one of the bigger storms of the year is winding down. Many agree that it was some of the best skiing and riding of the year - a good old fashioned LCC special with right-side-up blower powder. The main problems through the week are wind slabs, wet loose avalanches and an increasingly dormant PWL. The overall danger on Friday starts at CONSIDERABLE; but by Thursday we have a green rose of LOW.
Friday, March 6: The storm continues with another 14”/0.71”SWE during the day. A CONSIDERABLE danger is listed for the upper elevation bands for wind slab avalanches. One of these is triggered without incident in George’s Bowl of BCC. Large natural avalanches peel out of the extreme terrain of Stairs Gulch in mid-BCC, running on the PWL. They are anomalous - no other known avalanches running on the PWL have occurred since February 26th. Other large avalanches were noted in Coalpit and the Blue Ice.
Saturday, March 7: The blockbuster storm departs with storm totals of 1-3’ of snow in the central Wasatch and up to 2.3” of snow-water-equivalent. It’s an upper LCC special with some of the best skiing and riding of the year. Sunny skies and direct sun elevate the danger for wet loose avalanches to CONSIDERABLE on the steep solar aspects while a MODERATE danger advises caution for human triggered wind slabs to the lee of ridgelines. Indeed, that afternoon, the fifth skier on the slope in the Room of Doom in upper Mineral Fork of BCC triggered a meaty wind slab 2’ deep and 150’ wide. He’s caught, carried, and deploys his airbag, but was only partially buried and ok.
Sunday, March 8: Skies are clear and backcountry skiers trigger a shallow wind slab high in Scottie’s Bowl in LCC. Skiers also trigger wet loose sluffs in the Meadow Chutes of Silver Fork in BCC. Each possibly large enough to bury a person. The overall danger is rated MODERATE.
Monday, March 9: A yellow MODERATE danger rose greets the public on Monday morning. Temperatures again are unseasonably warm and backcountry riders continue to step out into more aggressive terrain. One photo (Keller) shows a small glide avalanche in Broads Fork (Bonkers) taking out a number of ski tracks.
Tuesday, March 10: The overall danger remains at MODERATE for isolated wind slabs and wet avalanches. PWL remains an isolated and unlikely problem. No reports from the backcountry.
Wednesday, March 11: An overnight cold front Tuesday night plunged overnight temps into the single digits and teens and the snowpack trends stable. The danger is rated as MODERATE for stubborn wind slabs in the alpine and for minor wet loose sluffs in solar terrain. The PWL remains an isolated and unlikely problem. No reports from the backcountry except for decent corn skiing on solar aspects.
Thursday, March 12: Forecasters convene and reach consensus that we are at LOW danger, with Normal Caution advised with isolated and stubborn hard slabs and minor wet loose avalanches. The Dry January Layer of facets - the PWL - is viewed now as dormant with the “likelihood” of human triggering described as unlikely but not impossible. Only minor wet loose sluffs are reported from the backcountry.
