Forecast for the Provo Area Mountains
Issued by Trent Meisenheimer for
Sunday, March 17, 2019
Sunday, March 17, 2019
The avalanche danger is MODERATE early this morning, but will rapidly increase to CONSIDERABLE for Wet Snow avalanches on the strongest sunlit slopes.
Travel advice is straight forward: when the snow becomes damp or wet where you are, get off of and out from under steep slopes. Wet sluffs that can carry and bury a person will be easy to trigger and natural avalanches will occur. Head to low angle terrain and avoid run out zones like the bottom of gullies.
On mid and upper elevation slopes facing northwest through southeasterly, there is still a chance of triggering a deeper, wider slide failing on old, faceted snow layers, and the avalanche danger is a solid MODERATE. Careful route finding and snowpack evaluation is necessary for travel in this terrain.
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