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The Tony Grove Snotel at 8400' reports about 3 inches yesterday, and 3 more overnight, with .6" SWE in the last 24 hours. It's 24 ºF this morning and there is 85" of total snow with 102% of average SWE for the date. It's 18 ºF at the 9700' CSI Logan Peak weather station, and northwest winds are currently averaging around 20 mph, gust of 43 mph. Mountain temperatures dropped well below freezing, which will set up the saturated snow, and put a lid on wet avalanche activity for now. A few inches of new snow fell last night, capping a few inches from yesterday. So expect shallow powder on a supportable but soft melt-freeze crust in most areas today.
Snow showers are likely in the mountains today, with 2 to 4" possible. High temperatures at 8500' are expected be around 30 ºF, with 17 to 21 mph west wind. Snow showers will continue tonight, with 1 to 3 inches possible, low temperature around 22º F, and 8 to 14 mph mph west winds. It'll be mostly cloudy tomorrow, with 36 ºF high temperatures and 5 to 8 mph west-southwest wind.
It was active in the backcountry early this week, with riders triggering numerous wind and soft slab avalanches in the Central Bear River Range and widespread natural wet loose avalanches in sunny terrain.
A snow bike triggered avalanche from the Saint Charles Peak Area on 3/26/19
Natural wet loose avalanches were widespread on sunny slopes earlier this week.
- A natural wet slab avalanche that snapped a few trees was observed Tuesday 3/26/19 across the Crimson trail in lower Logan Canyon.
- A skier was caught, carried, and mostly buried while skinning up a drifted slope near Perry Reservoir on Monday, 3/25/19. Report is HERE
- Saturday, 3/23/19, a skier triggered a scary 1 to 2 foot deep and 150' wide avalanche running on a buried persistent weak layer near Danish Pass. The avalanche ran on a 32 degree, north-northeast facing slope at around 8800' in elevation. Report is HERE