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Avalanche advisory
Wednesday, February 09,
2005
Good morning, this is Evelyn Lees with the
Brett Kobernik will
be giving a free avalanche awareness talk at the SLC Milosport
this Friday, February 11th, at 7pm.
There will even be some free swag awarded at the end for answering random
avalanche questions.
Current Conditions:
A strong ridge of high pressure is building in over northern
Avalanche Conditions:
Yesterday, there was more
evidence visible from the natural soft slab and sluff avalanche cycle that occurred
Monday evening, with the most widespread activity in the
Today, there will be two
problems. First, I expect a few new wind
slabs were formed at the higher elevations, and these will be sensitive to the
weight of a person on steep slopes.
Second, and much more widespread, will be the increasing danger of wet loose
sluffs as the snow heats up. The
combination of rapidly warming temperatures, strong sun and light winds will loosen
the snow on sunny slopes, and with high, thin clouds thrown into the mix, the
snow on shady slopes may also become damp and sloppy at the mid and low
elevations. So stay off of and out from
underneath any steep slope once the snow heats up and gets soggy.
Bottom Line (
The avalanche danger is generally LOW this morning, with a MODERATE danger on any steep slope with recent deposits of
wind drifted snow. With day time
heating, the danger of wet loose avalanches will rise to MODERATE
on and below steep, sun exposed slopes, and on low and mid elevation shady
slopes. In areas with continuously steep
terrain such as the
Mountain Weather:
A strong high pressure ridge will dominate the weather over northern
Yesterday, Powderbird guides flew
in American Fork,
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information you are willing to give us.
You dont have to be an avalanche expert to give us some observations so
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