Many ski areas are now closed to uphill travel in order to prepare for winter operations. Resort uphill travel policies can be found HERE>.

Mill Creek Canyon Road will be closed November 8-10th for road work.

There's no rest for the wicked. Another large, churning Pacific storm is on the doorstep and our partners at the SLC National Weather Service have issued a Winter Storm Watch for late tonight through Thursday morning.

Ski area teams reported a touch of rain to near 9000' overnight with some large diameter graupel thrown in for good measure. At least we've started getting battered by the southerly winds! Ahead of the storm, mountain temperatures are near 30°F up high and near 40°F down low. Along the highest elevations, southerly winds howl at 30mph with gusts to 50mph. Take note that even the exposed mid-elevation anemometers are gusting to 50mph as well.

This is an excellent start to the winter. You'll see Mark's summary below. A link to his observation from yesterday is HERE. 2-3' of dense, supportable snow sits as our foundation with more on the way. The Ogden mountains have 12-24" on the ground; the Provo mountains 12-18".

For today, we'll have an intermittent snow shower here and there with mountain temps rising to the mid-30s up high, the mid-40s down low. Winds will be southerly, blowing 30-35mph with gusts to 50, perhaps higher. Snowfall should begin in earnest tomorrow morning with much of the precipitation coming in on a warm, southerly flow. We may see high fluctuating snow levels (7500'-8500') and heavy dense snow until frontal passage on Wednesday afternoon. 12-24"+ is expected through midday Thursday. Strong southerly winds will accompany the snowfall through midday Wednesday.