BACKCOUNTRY CLOSURES IN EFFECT THIS MORNING on the north side of the road in Little Cottonwood Canyon.
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It appears that yesterday's 6-12" (0.94-1.22" SWE) of new snow yesterday was just the teaser. The next potent storm is on the doorstep and we'll see upwards of another 1-2'+ of new snow through tomorrow midday/afternoon.
Currently, skies are overcast with mountain temperatures in the upper 20s to low 30s. The winds are already the main player, having ramped up overnight from the southwest. They're blowing 35-45mph with gusts to 70. In this warm, pre-frontal environement, the rain-snow line may reach toward 7500' today. The cold front arrives tonight.
Yesterday's storm snow was quite sensitive in the morning to midday hours with many natural and skier triggered avalanches 4-8" deep and 75' wide on all aspects generally above 9000'. Some of these storm snow avalanches were triggered at a distance. The largest avalanche was on Sunset peak at the head of Big Cottonwood Canyon at 10,400' on a north facing aspect at 12" deep and 250' wide. All of these storm instabilities failed at either the new snow/old snow interface or just within the new snow. By the afternoon, most of the morning's instability had settled out. (pc: Gagne)