We are updating this advisory only on an intermittent basis as conditions warrant. The next advisory will likely be on Friday.

According to our calculations, if we get less than 20 inches of snow for the rest of April, we will break the all-time record for the least amount of snow in a season at the Alta Guard Station--where snow record keeping goes back 67 years!. The record is the infamous winter of 1976-77.

Personally, I'm rooting to put this winter out of its misery. Let's go for the record!

We expect the avalanche danger to rise to MODERATE during the storm tonight and Thursday morning for new snow and wind slabs. As usual, avoid any steep slopes with recent wind deposits.

After the storm, if the sun comes out, expect the usual damp and wet sluffs on steep, sun exposed slopes where the danger will also be MODERATE. As usual, avoid steep slopes and crossing under them when they get soggy in the heat of the sun.

Temperatures have been very warm these past few days and very windy today. There is very little snow left on any of the south facing slopes until you get above about 8,000' in elevation. At least the corn has been good on the southerly aspects.

Remember you can always check the automated weather stations, snow amounts and forecast at the Snow Page.

There has not been much avalanche activity these past couple days but there were several wet sluffs and small wet slabs over the weekend. Remember you can always check for observations coming in every day on our Current Conditions page.

We have a large, cold trough settling over us through the weekend with most of the energy going south of us into southern Utah and Arizona. This will keep our weather unsettled and cool. The forecast is for 3-5 inches of snow overnight and then light snow showers for the next couple days with another pulse for about Saturday. Storm totals the end of the weekend should be in the 8-12 inch range.

Ridgetop winds will blow hard today from the south turning westerly on Thursday. Precipitation should start this evening and continue into Thursday morning. Temperatures will drop to the mid 20's at night and rise to near freezing each day through the weekend.

Since this is an intermittent advisory, you can check the weather anytime you want at the following handy links:

Cottonwood Canyons forecast (updated twice per day)

Graphical weather forecast(updated 4 times per day)

If you trigger an avalanche in the backcountry - especially if you are adjacent to a ski area – please call the following teams to alert them to the slide and whether anyone is missing or not. Rescue teams can be exposed to significant hazard when responding to avalanches, and do not want to do so when unneeded. Thanks.

Salt Lake and Park City – Alta Central (801-742-2033)

Ogden – Snowbasin Patrol Dispatch (801-620-1017)

Provo – Sundance Patrol Dispatch (801-223-4150)

Dawn Patrol Forecast Hotline, updated by 05:30:888-999-4019option 8.

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We will update this forecast tomorrow morning. Thanks for calling.