Discounted lift tickets - Thanks to the generous support of our Utah ski resorts and Ski Utah, all proceeds from these ticket sales go towards paying for avalanche forecasting and education! Get your tickets
here.
ATTENTION SPLITBOARDERS: Join Black Diamond (BD) along with Cardiff Snowcraft today from 7:00 - 9:00 pm at their BD Trolly Square location for a presentation from BD and Cardiff athlete Bjorn Leines about splitboarding in the Wasatch. Trent Meisenheimer will take a look into avalanche forecasting and how we forecast at the Utah Avalanche Center. The first 40 people end up with a free t-shirt, and they will be giving away a limited edition Black Diamond Goat Carbon splitboard. See you there!
Currently: Temperatures range through the 20's F, with a temperature inversion at some low-elevation trailheads with temperatures in the single digits. Winds are out of the southwest and generally light below about 10,000'. Above that, winds are in the teens with gusts in the 20's. At 11,000' winds are gusting in the 20's and low 30's mph.
For Today: Sunny and warm. Temperatures will rise into the 30's, and near freezing along upper elevation ridges. Winds will be out of the southwest. At mid-elevations winds will average 10 mph with gusts in the teens. Along upper elevation ridges, averages will be in the teens with gusts in the 20's and low 30's mph.
For This Weekend: Continued warm on Saturday with increasing clouds. The Cottonwoods will be on the northern edge of a storm system tracking well south of us, and we may get 1-3" overnight Saturday into Sunday.
The only backcountry avalanche reported from Thursday was in Raymond Glade in Millcreek Canyon. This was on a northwest aspect at 8900' and was not wind-loaded. The slide was 8" and 70', running on weak snow just above the Feb 7 crust (
observation):
Our
Week in Review - which summarizes weather and avalanche activity over the past week - has been published
HERE.
