Join the Utah Avalanche Center and the Division of Outdoor Recreation to celebrate the Fourth Annual Avalanche Awareness week, from December 4 - December 11. Click
here to view the full list of events for the week. The next event is a
- Fireside Chat with Drew Hardesty at LonePine.
Under overcast skies light snow is currently tapering off. Most mountain locations picked up 3-4" of low-density new snow. Temperatures are in the mid-teens F at the trailheads and low-teens F at the higher weather stations. Winds are blowing westerly in the mid teens at the 9000' ridgelines and into the mid 20's MPH gusting to the 30's MPH at the 11,000' ridgelines.
For today, partly cloudy skies with lingering clouds and winds peaking early this morning before decreasing throughout the day. 9000' ridgeline winds will be westerly 15 gusting to 25 MPH and the 11,000' ridgeline winds will be 20 gusting to 30 MPH. Temperatures will be 21-25 F.
There are places where you will find ripping good skiing on lower angle slopes that don't have a thermal crust from the other day's solar warming.
Mark Staples put together a comprehensive Weather and Snow Summary HERE>
Reports of avalanches from
Daly Canyon at 7500' on west-northwest aspects in Park City. Most likely triggered on the 6th of December.
The weak layer in these avalanches was most likely the old snow interface made up of buried surface hoar or buried near surface facets.
Daly Canyon (Hennigh)
There were a number of avalanches reported on Tuesday December 6th all failing on the November persistent weak layer of sugary facets.
- Dutch Draw on the Park City Ridgeline 9800' east Facing 1-2' deep and 200' wide
- Red Rock Chutes on the Park City Ridgeline 9600' northeast facing estimated 18" deep 50' wide
- Lackawaxen in upper Big Cottonwood Canyon 10,600' 1-2' 60' wide
- Rocky Point above Lake Catherine 10,400' northeast facing 2' deep 50' wide
Photo of Lackawaxen Avalanche ( Chris)
Check out the list of avalanche activity
HERE.
