Hello
and good morning, this is Toby Weed of the
Current Conditions: Should be another fine weather day in the
mountains with a lot of sunshine, light winds, and significantly warmer
conditions. 8000’ temperatures should rise
into the mid forties. You’ll find a few
inches of powder from Saturday’s small storm covering a wide variety of
underlying old snow surfaces, some quite supportable and others soft and
forgiving. You can ride just about
anywhere, but after a busy weekend you’ll have to work it a bit to find
untracked areas. Its currently 24
degrees at
Avalanche Conditions: Weekend
reports from the
As
Bottom Line: There’s a LOW danger this morning with significant isolated wind slab avalanches
at mid and upper elevations unlikely but not impossible. Warming today will cause the danger of wet
avalanches to rise to MODERATE on steep
slopes with saturated snow. In the heat
of the day, you may find saturated snow conditions conducive to avalanching on
sunny slopes at all elevations as well as on some shadier lower elevation
slopes. Use good snow assessment and
safe travel techniques to minimize the risk and stay clear of steep slopes with
saturated snow.
Mountain Weather: A high pressure system across the region will give way to a weak Pacific
storm late tomorrow. Mountain
temperatures will peak today with mid-forties expected at 8000’. Tomorrow, increasing clouds ahead of a very
weak looking storm may keep a lid on the heating or cause greenhousing. We only expect an inch or two of snowfall
late tomorrow and tomorrow night, but a series of increasingly cold storms are
expected to affect the region beginning on Wednesday and continuing into next
weekend.
The Friends of the Utah Avalanche Center in Logan is presenting an
Avalanche Fundamentals, Level 1 Class (Certification), starting March 14,
with field sessions on the 15th, and 22nd. Please register in advance with the Friends
via e-mail or for more information contact [email protected].
Check out
the images page for photos of some of
this season’s avalanches.
Go to
the Avalanche Encyclopedia if you have any questions about terms I use in the advisory.
I'm very interested to
know what you're seeing out there. Please e-mail observations to me
at [email protected] or leave me a message at 755-3638, especially if you see or
trigger an avalanche in the backcountry. We keep all observations confidential.
This advisory will expire
in 24 hours from the posting time.
The information in this advisory is from the
U.S. Forest Service, which is solely responsible for its content. This
advisory describes general avalanche conditions and local variations always
occur.