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Looking to improve your avalanche skills? We are offering a
Backcountry 101: Introduction to Avalanches class at Powder Mountain February 14-15.
Forecaster Trent Meisenheimer will be giving a talk on the "State of The Wasatch Snowpack" at the Black Diamond Retail Store in Millcreek - Feburary 13th, from 7:00-8:30 pm.
Yesterday afternoon, the mountains got up to 2 inches of snow.
This morning, mountain temperatures are in the single digits at trailheads and hovering near zero F at the ridgelines. Skies are currently clear and winds are light and Northerly, averaging 5- 10 mph with gusts up to 25 mph at the uppermost ridgetops.
Today, skies will be mostly sunny with some high clouds moving through the area in the afternoon. Temperatures should begin to increase this morning, reaching temperatures in the mid to upper 20s F by the afternoon. Winds will continue to be Northerly, averaging 5 - 10 mph with a few gusts up to 35 mph at the upper-most elevations, near 11,000 feet.
The backcountry currently hosts a variety of supportable crusts, making travel and riding fast and efficient. This morning Southerly aspects will have a new solar crust after a few hours of sun yesterday.
No new recent avalanches reported in the backcountry.
In resorts, only reports of explosive triggered avalanches on upper elevation terrain, above 10,500, which had experienced significant avalanching during the last storm, and produced minimal results yesterday.
We are starting to see more evidence of last week's avalanche cycle, extending from Provo north to the Bountiful Sessions mountains. These appear to be running on last weekend's snow surfaces or within the storm snow and hundreds of feet wide at the mid and upper elevations of all aspects. A full avalanche cycle report will come out later this week, stay tuned.
