Out of the wind affected terrain, the avalanche danger is generally LOW. In the wind affected, upper elevation terrain, there is a MODERATE avalanche danger on steep slopes with wind drifts and along the corniced ridgelines. The avalanche danger may rise to MODERATE on steep sunny slopes and at low elevations with daytime heating, with human triggered damp sluffs possible.

It feels like winter has turned the corner, with more sunlight and mild weather creating superb days for turning, riding, and snowshoeing. Excellent powder remains on most shady, northerly facing slopes down to surprisingly low elevations, though the powder is increasingly hemmed in by breakable sun crusts on east, south and west facing slopes, and some wind damage in the high elevation, exposed terrain. Under clear skies, temperatures are in the upper teens to low 20’s this morning, and the northwesterly winds have decreased to less than 15 mph at almost all stations.

Avalanche activity yesterday included a slab released with a ski cut on a steep, north facing slope of Mill Canyon Peak in American Fork, which was a foot deep by 50’ wide, failing on facets and at least one new snow slide triggered either by a natural cornice drop or wind drifting. Activity was more widespread in the Logan and Western Uinta mountains – check out their local forecasts if you’re heading in those directions.

High pressure centered over Utah will bring sunny skies, with temperatures warming to near 40 at 8,000’ and into the upper 20s at 10,000’. The light northwesterly winds will shift to the southwest this afternoon, and increase into the 10-15 mph range, with gusts in the 30s. A moist, west to southwesterly flow will replace the high pressure for the coming week, with clouds increasing on Sunday, and the first chance for snow around Monday.

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Wasatch Powderbird Guides flew yesterday in American Fork and Cascade. Today they plan to be in Cardiff, Days, Silver, Mineral, Grizzly, White Pine, Mill Creek and American Fork and Cascade. Operations planning page is here.

Beacon training parks are up and running! There is one at Snowbasin, one on the Park City side at the top of Canyon’s gondola toward the Tombstone lift, one in Little Cottonwood near the Snowbird parking structure on the bypass road, and in Big Cottonwood a training park is at the west end of Solitude's lower parking lot.

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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.

Brett will update this advisory by 7:30 tomorrow morning.