Forecast for the Salt Lake Area Mountains
Thursday, October 31, 2013
The avalanche danger is a pockety MODERATE on steep, upper elevation northerly facing slopes, where human triggered slides can be triggered. Slides to 1 to 1 1/2 feet deep can be triggered near the ground on faceted snow, and in steep terrain, catch and carry a person. The resulting rock scraping ride could cause a season ending injury. There have already been 2 close calls in the Colorado mountains on a similar snowpack - let's keep Utah off the accident page!
A few human triggered wet sluffs at the mid elevations may be possible Friday afternoon as the day heats up and the sun comes out.