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Good Morning. This is Evelyn Lees with the
Current Conditions:
It’s been a blustery night in
the mountains, and a disappointingly dry one, too, with not a flake of snow to
report as of
Avalanche Conditions:
The moderate to strong winds have
created plenty of new wind drifts, especially on northwest through east facing
slopes at the mid and upper elevations.
In addition to being in the usual places along the ridges, the strong
winds also drifted snow lower down on slopes, around sub ridges, gully walls,
and steep breakovers. These new wind
drifts are sitting on weak snow, but due to the warm temperatures, they are dense
and stubborn. These harder wind slabs have
the potential to let you get well out on to them before breaking above you. Avoiding them will become trickier later
today when they are hidden by the new snow.
The persistent problem of the
more deeply buried faceted weak layers has not gone away, and triggering one of
these deeper avalanches may be even easier today in newly wind loaded
areas. Many of the slopes that
avalanched last week have the weakest snow, and could slide again. The best way to avoid triggering one of these
deeper, larger slides is to stick to slopes that face the south half of the
compass, which are much more stable, or if you are getting onto northerly
facing slopes, to stay off of and out from under slopes approaching 35 degrees
or steeper.
Many of the ice climbs in the
northern
Bottom Line (SLC,
The avalanche danger is CONSIDERABLE today on
northwest, north, northeast and east facing slopes of about 35 degrees or
steeper and on any steep slope with recent wind drifts at upper elevations,
above about 9,000’. CONSIDERABLE means
human triggered slides are probable and natural avalanche possible. There is a MODERATE danger at mid elevations on these same steep
shady or wind drifted slopes.
Mountain Weather:
The approaching storm system is
starting to look fragmented, with the first piece reaching northern
General Information:
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To report backcountry snow
and avalanche conditions, especially if you observe or trigger an avalanche,
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801-524-6301. 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.
Ethan Greene will update this advisory by
Thanks for calling!
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National
Weather Service - Salt Lake City - Snow.
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