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, January 14 through Thursday, January 20: Summary: High pressure extends for another week and the avalanche danger drops to Low. The persistent weak layer (PWL) is dropped as an avalanche problem as the PWL has become dormant. On Sunday, Nikki Champion went to the UFO Bowls in the Provo mountains and describes the current state of the snowpack …

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, January 7 through Thursday, January 13: Summary: A small storm overnight Friday into Saturday, followed by high pressure through the end of the week. Friday, January 7: Increasingly cloudy skies with snowfall overnight into Saturday with 2-4" new snow by Saturday morning. The only backcountry avalanche reported is a small wind slab from The …

It's good practice to measure slope angles when traveling in the backcountry. Get an inclinometer or at least an app with one, and you'll get better at estimating slope angles with lots of practice. I still prove my own estimates wrong after years of measuring slopes. When traveling in the backcountry, if you stay off of and well out from under slopes steeper than 30°and away from connected adjacent slopes you will not be in danger from avalanches.

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 31 through Thursday, January 6: Summary: Heavy snowfall and strong winds over much of the recent week. Widespread avalanche activity, including very large remotely-triggered avalanches failing in faceted snow down near the ground. Friday, December 31: 14-22" of snowfall containing upwards of 2" of water. Natural and …

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 24 through Thursday, December 30: Summary: This past week featured little to no sunshine, periods of moderate to heavy snowfall, and strong winds from the west and southwest. Snowfall totals are roughly 3-5' with water amounts of 4-7". Human-triggered and natural avalanches as well as some very large avalanches from control work at resorts. …

Early in the morning on the day after Christmas I was up looking at snowfall across the state. What jumped out at me from snowfall graphs was that they look just like ones leading up to avalanche fatalities. I say this because I have written many accident reports about fatal avalanches. The graphs of snowfall history leading up to each accident typically look the same every time, and currently they are matching the graphs of current snowfall across the state. It was shocking for me to see the same snowfall patterns, and I think conditions right now are ripe for a serious accident. …

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 17 through Thursday, December 23: Summary: Several human-triggered avalanches with some near-misses. A list of avalanche occurrences for the Salt Lake mountains. Almost all avalanche activity occurred on northerly-facing slopes failing in weak, faceted snow buried underneath the previous week's storm and wind-driven snow. Avalanches …