Forecast: Provo Area Mountains - Utah Avalanche Center

Forecast for the Provo Area Mountains

Issued by Greg Gagne on
Friday morning, April 4, 2025

The avalanche danger is LOW and human-triggered avalanches are unlikely. Shallow, loose wet avalanches are possible on steep, sun-exposed slopes and winds may create small wind drifts in isolated terrain at the upper elevations.

I'm uncertain how warming may affect the snow today - watch for rapid changes to the snow during any period of warming which may quickly lead to a rise in the avalanche danger.

If you choose to enter big terrain, watch for parties below you and only expose one rider at a time on a steep slope.

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Weather and Snow

This Morning: Skies are partly cloudy and temperatures are inthe 20's F. Winds are from the north/northeast and light, less than 10 mph. A trace of new snow fell overnight, with 24-hour snow totals up to 4".

Today: Partly sunny skies this morning, with partly cloudy conditions this afternoon and a stray snow shower. Temperatures will rise into the upper 30's F. Winds will be from the northeast and increase slightly this afternoon, with gusts in the 20's mph at the upper elevations.

Extended Forecast: The unsettled weather from this past week will drift to our east today, with sunshine and warming temperatures arriving this weekend.

Recent Avalanches

No avalanche activity was reported from the Provo mountains on Thursday.

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Description

The few inches of recent storm snow may be reactive today in the following ways:

1. Dry Snow: Sluffing and shallow soft slabs of new snow and recent wind drifts on steeper terrain, failing in different density inversions within the storm snow.

2. Wet snow: Although strong sunshine is not expected today, some sunshine may create sluffing in wet snow. Warming temperatures - including "green-housing" - may also make a more cohesive damp slab that fails in the cold, dry snow underneath.

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