Come join the Utah Avalanche Center in Logan for a FREE avalanche awareness program Thursday February 20th at 6pm at the Providence South Stake Center, 360 East 450 North, Millville. Bring a friend! FOR MORE INFORMATION CALL 757-2794
Cooling is helping to solidify the saturated weak snow at lower elevations, and instabilities are gradually settling out at upper and mid elevations. But, dangerous deep slab conditions still exist on steep slopes that didn't naturally avalanche in the recent prolonged cycle, and we should continue to use extra caution in the backcountry. The Tony Grove Snotel reports 31 degrees at 3:00 this morning and 95 inches of total snow, containing 121% of average water content for the date. The 9700' CSI Logan Peak weather station reports 22 degrees and 30 mph average wind speeds from the southwest, with gusts over 60 mph this morning.
Bruce Tremper just published a Storm Analysis Blog that explains aspects our recent active natural avalanche cycle. HERE
After a prolonged and very active avalanche cycle in the Logan Zone it's been 3 days since our last reported avalanche activity. Last week, in addition to numerous large natural avalanches in the backcountry, there were a few close calls with dangerous unintentionally triggered avalanches and another incredibly lucky survival story in the Providence Canyon Area, in which a rider was completely buried, rescued by his partners unconscious and unresponsive, but recovered and was able to ride out on his own....SEE REPORT
We're still finding evidence of the weekend's fairly extensive natural avalanche cycle. This one is in Cherry Creek Canyon in the Mount Naomi Wilderness. Several trees were mowed down and there is an impressive pile of snow snaking down this long gully. 2-18-2014
Check out "Beaver Backside is the Backcountry," an Avalanche observation video from 2-16-2014 .....HERE
A child's perspective on last week's natural wet avalanche above Zanavoo in Logan Canyon filmed on 2-17-2014 .......HERE
A HUGE natural avalanche in the Wellsville Range, from 2-19-2014...........HERE