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Saturday,
December 02, 2006 7:30 am
Good morning, this is Evelyn Lees with
the Forest Service Utah Avalanche Center with your backcountry avalanche and
mountain weather advisory. Today is Saturday, December 02, 2006 and it’s
7:30 in the morning.
Current Conditions:
Another pocket of cold
air rippled into northern
Snowpack and Avalanche Conditions:
The only avalanche activity reported in the past few
days has been a snowmobile triggered slide on Whisky Hill, in the
Bottom Line:
The avalanche danger
is MODERATE on shady, northerly and easterly
facing upper elevation slopes steeper than about 35 degrees or on any steep
slope with recent deposits of wind drifted snow. Moderate means human triggered avalanches are
possible. Most other slopes have a LOW danger.
Mountain Weather:
The mountains will
remain in the icebox today, with a cold, northerly flow keeping temperatures in
the low teens at 8,000’ and the single digits at 10,000’. The northerly winds should remain less than
15 mph, except across the highest peaks.
A strong ridge will be in place over northern
Announcements:
Our
partners, the FUAC, will hold their next fundraiser
at Brewvies on Dec 7th. There will be two showings of TGR’s new
film, “The Anomaly”, at 7pm and 9pm.
Advance tickets are available.
We appreciate any
snowpack and avalanche observations you have, so please let us know by calling
(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 on Sunday morning and thanks for calling.