Most of the Ogden area mountains were snow free before the Thanksgiving storm. This means that many slopes do not have old, faceted snow. However, we have had reports of patchy old snow in the highest northerly facing terrain. I would approach any upper elevation north and northeast facing terrain with caution and for now assume there is old faceted snow that could produce a slab avalanche there. The good news is this is very isolated to steep rocky terrain and there is plenty of other slopes that do not have this problem.

Most slopes in the Ogden area mountains were bare ground before Thanksgiving and have a low avalanche danger. Use normal caution - you may be able to trigger a few wet sluffs on the steepest sunny slopes as the snow heats up today, or crack out a small old wind drift along the high ridge lines. Hitting rocks and stumps remains the greatest hazard.