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
“keeping
you on top”
AVALANCHE ADVISORY
Monday,
January 01, 2007 7:30 am
Happy New Year! This is Drew Hardesty with the
I’d like
to thank our longtime partner Snowbird Ski and Summer Resort for hosting Friday
night’s amazing fundraising dinner and film producer David Breashears for
sharing his spectacular new Everest Expedition film. A portion of the proceeds
will help the avalanche center.
Current Conditions:
Skies are partly to
mostly cloudy across the range on the heels of yet another storm diving to the
south. Winds have been light and westerly
with temps in the upper teens and mid-twenties.
Snow surface conditions are variable, but the walking and the aesthetic
rewards will come easy. Here’s to a new
year and new beginnings.
Snowpack and Avalanche Conditions:
One backcountry skier
triggered a small wind pocket 8-10” deep and 10’ wide in upper Days Fork,
commenting that it would have packed less punch than a sluff. Otherwise, it was quiet. Of course it remains a mixed bag of weakness
in the upper, mid, and basement portions of the snowpack (see profiles). Recent
reports of collapsing, trickled-in human triggering, and a shady snowpack
structure doesn’t inspire a lot of confidence.
Watch for an increase in sluffing over the week.
Bottom Line for the Salt Lake, Park City, Ogden and
Provo area mountains:
Most terrain across
the Wasatch has a LOW danger
today. Very isolated pockets of MODERATE remain at mid and upper elevation west through
north through east facing aspects.
Mountain Weather:
Skies will start to clear out
as a ridge of high pressure noses back into
Announcements: Yesterday, the Wasatch Powderbird Guides flew in American
Fork and Cascade. Today, they’ll return
with a home run out White Pine.
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advisory. Try our new streaming audio or
podcasts
Our new,
state wide tollfree hotline is 1-888-999-4019.
(For early morning detailed avalanche activity report hit option 8)
For a list of avalanche
classes, click HERE
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We appreciate any snowpack and
avalanche observations you have, so please leave us a message at (801) 524-5304
or 1-800-662-4140, or email us at [email protected].
(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.
Brett Kobernik will update this advisory by 7:30 on Tuesday morning, and
thanks for calling.