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Avalanche
advisory
Wednesday, February 03,
2005
Good morning, this is Brett Kobernik with the
Current Conditions:
Skies are clear with current ridgetop temperatures in the mid twenties with
wind speeds generally less then 10 mph from variable directions.
Avalanche Conditions:
For avalanche conditions, yesterday wet activity was the biggest factor. The most significant activity occurred on
southwest slopes which have more direct sun late in the day when temperatures
are at their warmest. These were mostly
wet loose snow avalanches and some were big enough to get scary. There was one natural
slab avalanche reported from the
The snow surface on northerly
aspects has weakened somewhat over the last few days. You should take this into consideration as the
current surface will be buried soon and could produce a weak layer under any new
snow we receive over the weekend. The
current snow surface weakness is not real pronounced but once we receive some
new snow, everyone should perform some shear tests at the new snow and old snow
interface to get a handle on any instability that may occur.
Bottom Line (
The current avalanche danger is LOW
on most slopes today. The danger will rise to MODERATE
on any steep slope that is getting wet from sun or warmer temperatures. Keep a close eye on the steeper south and
southwest aspects later in the day and stay off of and out from underneath
these slopes.
Mountain Weather:
Today we’ll see a duplicate of Thursdays weather so it will be another good day
to do an extended tour to one of those places you’ve been meaning to get to. 8,000 foot temperatures will reach into the
low 40’s and ridgetop temperatures near 30.
Winds will be light from the southwest.
Clouds and cooler temperatures
will move in on Saturday with a small chance of snow flurries.
Colder air yet moves in on Sunday
with the best chance of snow Sunday night into Monday. I’m not willing to speculate on snow totals
yet but we should receive enough to have some fun with.
Yesterday Powderbird Guides
flew in
We really appreciate any
information you are willing to give us. We don’t hear from you
enough. You don’t have to be an
avalanche expert to give us some observations so please call and leave a
message on our answering machine at 524-5304 or 1-800-662-4140, or e-mail us at
[email protected].
Snowbird is hosting the 2nd
annual Backcountry Avalanche Awareness Week, now through February 7th,
as a benefit for the
Our partner, The
Friends of the
Brett Kobernik will be giving
a free avalanche awareness talk at the SLC Milosport
on Friday, February 11th, at 7pm.
Bruce Tremper will give a talk
called the Science of Avalanches at REI on Tuesday, February 15th at
7:00 pm.
Also the Friends of the
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 7:30 on Saturday morning.
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