Now THAT was a nice spring storm for the Wasatch with snow totals of up to 16-24" (1.40-1.90" snow water equivalent) in the upper Cottonwoods and along the Park City ridgeline.
Currently, skies are partly cloudy with light winds from the west northwest. Along the highest ridgelines, winds blew 25-30mph with gusts to 35 for a few hours overnight, but are much diminished since then. Temperatures are in the upper single digits to low teens.
News flash - skiing and riding conditions are excellent.
For today, we'll have partly cloudy skies with a chance of an afternoon shower or two. Winds will be light from the northwest. Mercifully, temperatures will slowly warm into the low to mid-20s up high, the low 30s down low.
The Outlook: slowly warming temperatures and a building ridge of high pressure for the week. Friday's mountain temps are expected to soar into the upper 40s to low 50s. The models suggest another storm for the late weekend into early next week...but a lot can change between now and then.
Ski area avalanche teams yesterday triggered new soft slab avalanches and loose snow sluffs large enough to bury a person. These slabs were generally relegated to the higher elevation bands. While traveling along the Wasatch Back near the Ant Knolls, Dave and Chad saw one fresh wind-drifted snow avalanche on a north facing slope at 9300'. The avalanche had a small 8"-10" crown that was approximately 50' wide and ran 200' vertical feet.