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Utah Avalanche Center, Utah Department of Public Safety Division of
Comprehensive Emergency Management,
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Avalanche INFORMATION
Friday, November 19,
2004 7:30 pm
Good
evening, this is Evelyn Lees with the
Current Conditions:
A few
flakes to a single stingy inch of snow fell Friday before skies partially
cleared. Temperatures are dropping, and will
bottom out near 10 degrees by Saturday morning.
It’s not just the cold that will have your teeth chattering this weekend
– most sunny and mid elevation slopes have a granite-like crust on the surface.
This will make for jarring turning
conditions and the potential for a slide-for-life on steep slopes. However, if you go over to the dark side, there
are 4 to 8 inches of first-rate recrystallized powder on wind sheltered, shady
slopes above about 9,000’, best if you can find an untracked line.
Avalanche Conditions:
The
snow pack is mostly stable, with the surface snow continuing to weaken. A mix of recrystalized
snow and surface hoar makes for load powder on the shady slopes. On continuously steep, shady slopes, it is
possible to trigger sluffs large enough to trip you up. The wind speeds may increase Saturday night
into Sunday, and any wind drifts formed, even shallow soft drifts, will be very
sensitive and easily triggered by people.
Avoid any fresh drifts of wind blown snow, especially on steep, shady
slopes.
Mountain Weather:
A
cold, northerly flow tonight will become northeasterly and then easterly as the
main trough moves south of the area and forms a now familiar cut-off low to the
south of us. Skies will be partly to
mostly cloudy in the northern
If
you are getting out, drop us a line or an email with any reports or observations
from the backcountry. You can leave us a
message at 524-5304 or 1 800-662-4140.
Email us at [email protected], or
send a fax to 524-6301.
The
information in this advisory is from the US Forest Service, which is solely
responsible for its content. This
advisory describes general avalanche conditions and local variations always
occur.
Thanks
for calling.
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