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February 25, 2003
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Good Morning. This is Tom Kimbrough with the
Current Conditions:
Light density snow continued
to add up overnight, especially in the southern portions of the range. Sundance is reporting a foot of new snow
overnight, the Cottonwoods about 6 inches, with about 4 inches in the
Avalanche Conditions:
There were three slides
reported from the backcountry yesterday.
One was a large slide reported from a distance in No-Name Bowl on the
Today’s avalanche problems
will be distributed geographically, both horizontally and vertically. The southern parts of the range that have
received the most new snow will have the greatest danger. Plus, the upper elevation ridges and gullies
will have a greater danger on all slopes that are receiving wind drifted
snow. In many areas north of about the
American Fork drainage, where there is less snow and little wind, the danger
will be less.
It is still possible to
trigger avalanches on the deeper weak layers in all areas, especially on very
steep slopes facing the north half of the compass that have a thin snow pack,
particularly slopes that have avalanched previously this season. Also any avalanches in the new snow may step
down into deeper layers, producing very dangerous slides.
In the southern parts of the
range that already have a foot of new snow with more on the way,
the danger is greater with natural avalanches possible. People should avoid steep slopes and
avalanche runout areas.
Bottom Line (SLC,
The avalanche danger today is
CONSIDERABLE in
the southern parts of the range and may rise to HIGH with additional accumulations. In the northern parts of the range that have
received less new snow, the danger is MODERATE, with human triggered avalanches
possible. There is also a MODERATE danger of
triggering very dangerous avalanches into deeper weak layers on slopes facing
northwest, north, northeast and east, steeper than about 35 degrees and that
are above about 9,000 feet.
Mountain Weather:
As this storm proceeds
through southern and central
General Information:
Wasa
To report backcountry snow
and avalanche conditions, especially if you observe or trigger an avalanche,
please leave a message on our answer machine at (801) 524-5304 or
1-800-662-4140, or email to [email protected]
or fax to 801-524-6301. Your information
could save someone’s life. 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.
Evelyn Lees will update this advisory by
Thanks for calling!
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National
Weather Service - Salt Lake City - Snow.
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