Yard Sale! Stop by our facebook page and check out some goods we have for sale, donated by our many supporters. Gear includes skis, clothes, bindings, boots, 2 nights at the Talking Mountain Yurts in the LaSal mountains, and more. This helps to support avalanche forecasting and education. Every bit helps - thanks!

Park City Mountain Resort has a new uphill policy. Check here for more details for PCMR and the other resorts.

A couple great events coming up this week -

• Thursday 6:00pm - The Utah Adventure Journal Speaker Series returns this week with a presentation by professional skier Brody Leven. Brody will share the story of his incredible adventure to climb and ski the northernmost active volcano in a 36-hour push from his sailboat base camp.
• Tuesday (tomorrrow) 6:30pm - UAC staff Mark Staples and Craig Gordon will be giving a talk on current avalanche conditions at Park City high school. Sponsored by the Park City professional ski patrol association. See the flier below for more details.

Wind Transort in upper Little Cottonwood - photo: Mark White

Wind on Monday leads the headlines. All observations from the backcountry included mention of the wind and transporting snow. Some noted the wind getting into lower terrain. The wind peaked mid day and has slowed since then. Direction is north or northwest. Temperatures are cold with readings in the single digits at most stations.

The wind created fresh slabs that were sensitive if provoked. Some pulled out remotely to skiers. Some of these were releasing naturally as well. Visibility prevented us from getting a clear picture of the extent and size of these. The weak layer seems to be just low density snow from the weekend storm which the wind slabs have formed on top of.

Checking a small remotely triggered pocket in Cardiff Bowl - photo: White

We'll see cold temperatures today with slightly breezy conditions for a bit still. Wind will be from the northwest. Wind speeds should decrease later in the day. Ridgetop high temperatures will only reach into the low teens. It doesn't look like any major storms are in the near future. We're looking at a minor system for Thursday which might produce a little snow.

Remember your information can save lives. If you see anything we should know about, please participate in the creation of our own community avalanche advisory by submitting snow and avalanche conditions. You can also call us at 801-524-5304, email by clicking HERE, or include #utavy in your tweet or Instagram.

To get help in an emergency (to launch a rescue) in the Wasatch, call 911.  Be prepared to give your GPS coordinates or the run name. Dispatchers have a copy of the Wasatch Backcountry Ski map.

Backcountry Emergencies. It outlines your step-by-step method in the event of a winter backcountry incident.

If you trigger an avalanche in the backcountry, but no one is hurt and you do not need assistance, please notify the nearest ski area dispatch to avoid a needless response by rescue teams. Thanks.

Salt Lake and Park City – Alta Central (801-742-2033), Canyons Resort/PCMR Dispatch (435)615-1911

Snowbasin Resort Dispatch (801-620-1017), Powder Mountain Dispatch (801-745-3772 x 123).

Sundance Dispatch (801-223-4150)

EMAIL ADVISORY  If you would like to get the daily advisory by email you will need to subscribe here.​ 

DAWN PATROL Hotline updated daily by 5-530am - 888-999-4019 option 8.

Twitter Updates for your mobile phone - DETAILS

UDOT canyon closures:  LINK TO UDOT, or on Twitter, follow @UDOTavy, @CanyonAlerts or @AltaCentral

Utah Avalanche Center mobile app - Get your advisory on your iPhone along with great navigation and rescue tools.

Powderbird Helicopter Skiing - Blog/itinerary for the day  

Lost or Found something in the backcountry? - http://nolofo.com/

Ski Utah mobile snow updates

To those skinning uphill at resorts:  it is your responsibility to know the resort policy on uphill travel.  You can see the uphill travel policy for each resort here. IMPORTANT: Before skinning or hiking at a resort under new snow conditions, check in with Ski Patrol.  Resorts can restrict or cut off access if incompatible with control and grooming operations.

Benefit the Utah Avalanche Center when you shop from Backcountry.com or REI:  Click this link for Backcountry.com or this link to REI, shop, and they will donate a percent of your purchase price to the UAC.  Both offer free shipping (with some conditions) so this costs you nothing!

Benefit the Utah Avalanche Center when you buy or sell on ebay - set the Utah Avalanche Center as a favorite non-profit in your ebay account here and click on ebay gives when you buy or sell.  You can choose to have your seller fees donated to the UAC, which doesn't cost you a penny.

This information does not apply to developed ski areas or highways where avalanche control is normally done.  This advisory is from the U.S.D.A. Forest Service, which is solely responsible for its content. This advisory describes general avalanche conditions and local variations always exist.