The majority of terrain has a LOW avalanche danger. If you are venturing into extreme terrain like very steep upper elevation shady slopes, the danger is always greater.
Weather and SnowRidgetop temperatures are about 5 degrees warmer this morning than yesterday morning, generally in the mid 20s to low 30s. We have light winds from the north northwest and clear skies.
There’s not much to talk about avalanche-wise right now. The new drifts from a couple days ago are non-reactive and the deeply buried facets are quiet. There is just a hint of some near surface faceting starting to occur on shady aspects that have been sheltered from wind and sun.
A ridge of high pressure is moving in and will give us a couple of days of warm mild weather with high temperatures in the 30s and light to moderate southwest winds. A storm system attempts to clip us from the north on Sunday but I don’t think it’ll do much more than cool temperatures slightly and bring a few clouds. Models have been hinting at a larger deeper system shaping up for around the first of the month.
If you trigger an avalanche in the backcountry - especially if you are adjacent to a ski area – please call the following teams to alert them to the slide and whether anyone is missing or not. Rescue teams can be exposed to significant hazard when responding to avalanches, and do not want to do so when unneeded. Thanks.
Salt Lake and Park City – Alta Central (801-742-2033)
Ogden – Snowbasin Patrol Dispatch (801-620-1017)
Provo – Sundance Patrol Dispatch (801-223-4150)
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Evelyn will update this forecast tomorrow. Thanks for calling.
