Forecast for the Salt Lake Area Mountains
Issued by Greg Gagne on
Friday morning, January 5, 2024
Friday morning, January 5, 2024
The avalanche danger is MODERATE at the mid and upper elevations and LOW at low elevations. The two avalanche concerns for today are (1) sluffing in the storm snow, and (2) sensitive soft slabs of storm snow or wind-drifted snow.
Watch for quickly changing conditions if you encounter wind drifting or during any period of high precipitation intensity.
We have enjoyed a generally low avalanche danger for the past three weeks, but if weather forecasts verify, conditions are going to become dangerous and it's now necessary to develop a mindset of beginning to step back.
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