Forecast for the Salt Lake Area Mountains
Friday, March 23, 2018
A complex and uncertain setup is in place, leading to an overall Considerable avalanche hazard:
(1) Storm and wind-driven snow will possibly create sensitive storm and fresh wind slabs, especially through the morning hours during any period of high precipitation intensity.
(2) Over 2" of water weight over a 24-hour window has rapidly loaded the snowpack, and this may be enough to get deeper slabs reactive once again.
(3) 1-2" of rain has created a wet loose avalanche problem at the low and mid elevations.
During periods of uncertainty and snowpack complexity, the best option is to make things simple: The best - and safest - riding conditions today will be on low-angled slopes at the upper elevations. The dense new snow is supportable and it will be easy and fun moving on the low angles.