SPECIAL NOTE:
HALF OF ALL SKIER/SNOWBOARDER FATALITIES SINCE 99/00 HAVE OCCURRED WITH PEOPLE GOING OUT OF BOUNDS AT A SKI AREA.
Skies are overcast with light snow falling across the range.
Winds are light from the southwest. Mountain temperatures are in the teens.
Storm totals so far:
Upper LCC: 20" (1.62" Snow Water Equivalent)
Upper BCC: 16-20" (1.10-1.75" SWE)....Spruces at 7400" - 12" storm snow
PC Ridgeline: 14" (1.20" SWE)
Ogden: 12-14" (1.10-1.70" SWE)
Provo: 24" (2.52" SWE)
Skies should trend mostly and perhaps partly cloudy today with mountain temps still cool in the teens. Winds will remain light from the southwest.
The Outlook:
Another storm arrives but dives well south of us for the first part of the week. Another storm sets up mid week well to the west of us that will pummel us by strong southwest winds. It eventually ejects inland and moves overhead Friday into the weekend.
Ski area teams and backcountry observers noted numerous soft slab avalanches failing either within the storm snow or at the old snow interface. Most of these were 16-24" deep on many aspects at the mid and upper elevations...as far down as 8200'.
A few of these ran naturally during the storm. Observer Adam Bellomy noted one possible natural in Red Pine of LCC (pic below) at 8600'/northeast facing. Matthew Weiseth noted a large natural in Moonlight of Mineral Fork of BCC with an estimated width of 300'. Another significant skier triggered avalanche was reported in Main Porter of Porter Fork of MCC 2' deep and 150' wide (northeast at 9800').
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