In partnership with: Utah Division of State
Parks and Recreation, The Friends of the Utah Avalanche Center, Utah Department
of Emergency Services and Homeland Security and
AVALANCHE ADVISORY
Saturday,
January 21, 2006 7:30am
Good morning, this is Brett Kobernik with
the
Current Conditions:
Friday was
another one of those days; top 10, best ever, you should have been there, blah,
blah, blah. Most slopes have excellent
riding conditions with mostly stable snow.
Temperatures stayed cool yesterday and remain in the mid teens. South and southwest facing slopes did receive
a sun crust yesterday. Ridgetop winds
were fairly calm but picked up slightly late afternoon and are now in the 10 to
20 mph range from a westerly direction.
Avalanche Conditions:
We can’t ask for much better. The snowpack is deep and consistent in the
mountains of northern
For today we need to pay attention to the snow
surface. The wind did transport some
snow late yesterday and, with a few inches of new expected today along with
some moderate wind speeds, you may be able to find a pocket or two that might
crack out along the upper ridgelines.
Larger sluffs may present a few problems yet today so watch for this on
the steeper slopes.
Bottom Line:
Most areas have a LOW avalanche
danger. Just enough wind and some new
snow do demand a MODERATE danger on steep upper
elevation wind affected slopes mainly on North through southeast aspects. Continue to practice safe backcountry
protocol by sending one person at a time onto steep slopes and make sure to
completely clear the runout zones.
Mountain Weather:
Today we’ll see
overcast skies with snow flurries adding 2 to 4 inches of new snow. Ridgetop temperatures will be in the teens
and ridgetop winds will be 10 to 20 mph from the west shifting slightly
northwest and decreasing this afternoon.
Sunday we’ll see partial clearing then a stretch of dry weather through
at least Thursday.
Announcements:
3rd Annual
Backcountry Awareness Week Monday Jan 30-Sunday February 5
Fundraising
Dinner February 3rd at 6pm with speakers Conrad Anker
and Apa Sherpa.
For more info, go to www.backcountryawareness.com
or call Snowbird at 933-2147.
Check out our new graphical advisory format. You can update your bookmarks to this link:
http://www.avalanche.org/~uac/newadvisory/advisory.php
Click HERE for a text only
version of the avalanche advisory.
To
have this advisory automatically e-mailed to you each day, click HERE. (You must re-sign up this season even if you
were on the list last season.)
UDOT also has a highway avalanche control work
hotline for Little Cottonwood road, which is updated as needed. 801-975-4838.
Yesterday
the Wasatch Powderbird Guides were in Cardiff, Days, and American Fork and if
they can fly today, they’ll be in Mineral, Cardiff, Days, Silver, White Pine,
American Fork and Lambs Canyon. For more
info, call 742-2800.
Please
report any backcountry snow and avalanche conditions. Call (801) 524-5304 or 1-800-662-4140, email [email protected] or fax 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.
Drew Hardesty will update this advisory by 7:30 Sunday morning. Thanks for calling.