Our Week in Review highlights significant snowfall, weather, and avalanche events of the prior week. (Review the archived forecasts for the Salt Lake mountains.) The danger roses for the Salt Lake mountains from Friday, December 16 through Thursday, December 22: Summary: Friday, December 16: The UAC issues a Special Avalanche Bulletin emphasizing the heightened danger of large avalanches occurring on northerly aspects where there is a buried persistent weak layer (PWL). The danger is pronounced at low and mid-elevations. Clearing skies and cold …

Our Week in Review highlights significant snowfall, weather, and avalanche events of the prior week. (Review the archived forecasts for the Salt Lake mountains.) The danger roses for the Salt Lake mountains from Friday, December 9 through Thursday, December 15: Summary: A long-duration storm that begins on Sunday evening and lasts through the week with 2.5' - 6' of snowfall in the Cottonwoods containing 1.5" - 2.75" of snow water equivalent (SWE) and 1.5' - 3' of snowfall in the Park City mountains (containing 1" - 1.5" SWE). Numerous natural and human-triggered …

Our Week in Review highlights significant snowfall, weather, and avalanche events of the prior week. (Review the archived forecasts for the Salt Lake mountains.) The danger roses for the Salt Lake mountains from Friday, December 2 through Thursday, December 8: Summary: The best way to get caught up on early winter weather is by first reading Mark Staple's excellent blog Weather and Snow Summary Fall 2022. 35 avalanches are reported to the UAC over this past week with avalanche activity focusing on aspects facing west through north and east where a buried …

[Note: The Week in Review is published once the winter season is firmly established, typically in early December. Given the amount of snowfall from this past week, we will publish an early-season Week in Review, with regular updates as conditions warrant.] Our Week in Review highlights significant snowfall, weather, and avalanche events of the prior week. (Review the archived forecasts for the Salt Lake mountains.) The danger roses for the Salt Lake mountains from Friday, November 4 through Thursday, November 10: Summary: Early-season snow from October gets …

Our Week in Review highlights significant snowfall, weather, and avalanche events of the prior week. (Review the archived forecasts for the Salt Lake mountains.) The danger roses for the Salt Lake mountains from Friday, March 11 through Thursday, March 17: Summary: A storm on Sunday leaves 6-12" of snow as well as another smaller storm on Wednesday with 1-3". Several remote, human-triggered avalanches reported, with one very close call. Many of those involved in these avalanches are snow professionals, and Drew Hardesty's blog, "A Reckoning", covers this quite well. …

Our Week in Review highlights significant snowfall, weather, and avalanche events of the prior week. (Review the archived forecasts for the Salt Lake mountains.) The danger roses for the Salt Lake mountains from Friday, March 4 through Thursday, March 10: Summary: The storminess week since December! Several human-triggered avalanches with a few near-misses. Most avalanche activity involved the weak layer of faceted snow from the January-February drought; Drew Hardesty's blog describes the formation of this weak layer and the avalanche activity failing on this layer …

Our Week in Review highlights significant snowfall, weather, and avalanche events of the prior week. (Review the archived forecasts for the Salt Lake mountains.) The danger roses for the Salt Lake mountains from Friday, February 25 through Thursday, March 3: Summary: Clear and dry with very warm temperatures by midweek. Several avalanches on northerly aspects, failing 1-2' down into old faceted snow that formed during the January/February drought. Friday, February 25: 1-4" of cold, dry snow is squeezed out of the remnants of a storm system. Several …