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Week in Review for Friday, January 9th - Thursday, January 15th, 2026 We look back at the key events from the previous week. Click HERE for archived forecasts. This week's Week in Review was written by Bo Torrey Summary: After a series of storms moved through the area, the clouds parted to reveal the best powder skiing weekend of the season. High pressure is now building, temperatures are warming, and weather models suggest it may be a while before we see significant precipitation again. While the storm cycle produced minimal natural avalanche activity, a complex problem remains. …

Week in Review for Friday, January 2nd - Thursday, January 8th, 2026 We look back at the key events from the previous week. Click HERE for archived forecasts. This week's Week in Review was written by Brooke Maushund. Summary: A series of small storms give way to larger storm totals, and all of a sudden—winter is on! A wild amount of avalanches, close calls, and new snow(!) throughout the week. A series of storms start out wet and dense before giving way to the classic cold smoke we’ve all been waiting for. Unfortunately, multiple avalanche involvements and textbook close calls …

Week in Review December 26-January 1, 2026 We look back at the key events from the previous week. Click HERE for archived forecasts. Summary: We were still reeling from the Grinch storm on Christmas Eve, which brought an inch of rain to nearly all elevations, with an inch of snow to show for it at higher elevations. Rain crusts caked the Wasatch, with lenses one to three inches thick. Not to be counted out, Santa finally arrived on a cold front Friday night..with storm totals of 6-12” of low density snow by early Sunday morning. The cold smoke sluffed easily on the …

Whenever people ask me, Are you working right now? (I get asked this a lot), my answer is always the same: To the untrained eye, it may appear as if I’m not working. But at the heart of the matter, I’m getting paid to pay attention. This, of course, is when everyone laughs. But it’s the forecaster’s job to pay attention, because it may save his life and will most certainly save the lives of some of the readers of his forecast. The same goes for mountain guides, highway forecasters, and ski patrollers, this need to pay attention. When people laugh - and then our eyes …

Week in Review: (December 19 - December 25, 2025) We look back at the key events from the previous week. Click HERE for archived forecasts. Summary: Atmospheric rivers stormed through the West, but generally stayed to the north of us. Over the week, we experienced record or near-record temperatures along with moderate to strong winds from the west, but at least we did pick up a few inches of very dense snow - derisively referred to as “graupel slush” - Friday into Saturday. The overall avalanche danger tilted between LOW and MODERATE with the primary concerns revolving …

Week in Review: (December 12 - December 18, 2025) We look back at the key events from the previous week. Click HERE for archived forecasts. Summary: Storms battered the Pacific Northwest, Idaho, and Montana, but left northern Utah standing at the altar. The weather remained warm and dry with moderate to strong winds from the northwest. Unseasonably warm temperatures produced melt-freeze crusts on all aspects, including northerly facing aspects up to about 9300’. The overall danger flirted between MODERATE and LOW with PWL and Wet Avalanches as the primary concerns. We did …

Batteries for Beacons Program This program was made possible by Uinta Brewing and all the local shops participating! The goal of the program is to get you FREE batteries for your avalanche beacon! Bring your beacon into a participating shop between December 11th, 2025 and February 1st, 2026 and ask about the "Batteries for Beacons" program. Head over to Uinta Brewing at 1722 South, 1722 Fremont Dr #2, Salt Lake City, UT 84104 or visit one of the participating shops below to get your batteries. After picking up your batteries, scan the shop's QR Code (or click here) and provide your …