Today's snow fell under pretty calm conditions in mid Providence Canyon and the light snow piled up deeply on the trees. Shortly after I took these pictures, however, the west winds picked up and I was bombarded by large, thankfully soft, tree bombs...

Here are pictures of a few of the dozens of natural storm snow avalanches I saw this afternoon in the Quarry Area and around the Green Gate at the canyon confluence. Pretty much every slope facing all directions and approaching or steeper than about 35 degrees had evidence of soft slab activity or cracking within the fresh snow. These small avalanches weren't much of a threat since the fresh snow was so soft and light, but I chose not to travel under any of the larger avalanche paths in the area. I triggered a couple similar manageable soft slabs and extensive cracking in the deep new snow as I came down through the trees in the early evening. As I rode the sled out past the quarry I watched several natural wind slabs, triggered by the increase in winds, release and cascade off the cliffs on either side of the steep walled canyon.....

I stayed in low angled trees at mid elevations and I did not get up high or into anything that was drifted, but I imagine that dangerous avalanche conditions exist where the copious fresh snow was drifted onto slopes with weak layers like many that I observed in the Logan Area last week.....