Forecast for the Provo Area Mountains

Greg Gagne
Issued by Greg Gagne on
Friday morning, February 21, 2020
The avalanche hazard is Low, however small avalanches in isolated areas remain possible. This includes pockets of recent wind-drifted snow at the upper elevations, sluffing on steep northerly aspects, and wet/loose avalanches on aspects facing southeast through west.
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Weather and Snow
Currently: Temperatures in the Provo mountains range through the 20's F, with a temperature inversion at some low-elevation trailheads with temperatures in the low teens. Winds are out of the southwest and generally light below about 10,000'. Above that, winds are in the teens with gusts in the 20's. At 11,000' winds are gusting in the 20's and low 30's mph.
For Today: Sunny and warm. Temperatures will rise into the 30's, and near freezing along upper elevation ridges. Winds will be out of the southwest. At mid-elevations winds will average 10 mph with gusts in the teens. Along upper elevation ridges, averages will be in the teens with gusts in the 20's and low 30's mph.
For This Weekend: Continued warm on Saturday with increasing clouds. The Provo mountains will be on the northern edge of a storm system tracking to the south of us, and we may get 2-6" overnight Saturday into Sunday.
Recent Avalanches
No reports from the backcountry in the Provo mountains.

Although centric to the Salt Lake mountains, our Week in Review - which summarizes weather and avalanche activity over the past week - has been published HERE.
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The avalanche hazard is Low and human-triggered avalanches are unlikely. However, small avalanches in isolated areas are possible, including:
- Pockets of storm snow or recent wind-drifted snow which may be found in isolated terrain. Yesterday's Raymond Glade avalanche in the Salt Lake mountains is an excellent example of this.
- Sluffing in the top 2-6" of snow on steep northerly aspects. Yesterday my partners and I were able to get sluffs to move easily on these steeper aspects where some sluffs were up to 18" deep.
- Small, wet, loose avalanches on aspects facing southeast through west due to today's warm temperatures and strong sunshine.
Continue to practice safe protocol including exposing one person at a time in avalanche terrain and keeping an eye on your partners.
General Announcements
This information does not apply to developed ski areas or highways where avalanche control is normally done. This forecast is from the U.S.D.A. Forest Service, which is solely responsible for its content. This forecast describes general avalanche conditions and local variations always occur.