This morning: Skies are partly cloudy and temperatures are in the upper teens F. Winds are from the south/southwest and are moderate to strong above about 8,500' averaging in the 20's mph with stronger gusts.
Today: Temperatures will rise into the upper 30's F, although it will feel cooler in wind-exposed locations where the south/southwest winds will average in the teens and 20's mph with stronger gusts. Skies will become partly to mostly-cloudy.
This Week: Apparently, the mountains didn't get the calendar alert that Monday is the first day of Spring. The National Weather Service has issued a winter storm warning beginning at 9 pm tonight and lasting through Tuesday morning with snowfall totals of 1-2 feet by Tuesday likely. A brief break followed by a second storm later this week.
The southerly winds increased on Saturday morning and lasted through late afternoon, creating small pockets of sensitive wind drifts in exposed, upper elevation terrain. Although we received no reports from the Ogden mountains, further to our south in the the Salt Lake mountains, there were reports of small, skier-triggered slides in these fresh wind drifts, including
two riders caught and carried on a west aspect at 10,200' on Red Baldy where one rider was carried 50' and a second rider carried 150' in a slide that was only 3" deep and 80' wide (photo below). There was also a
natural cornice fall in Cardiff Fork in Big Cottonwood Canyon.