Skyline Avalanche Advisory

Forecaster: Grant Helgeson

SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT

We've continued the SPECIAL AVALANCHE ADVISORY is for the mountains of northern and central Utah, to include all of the Wasatch Range, the western Uintas and the Wasatch Plateau. Rain on snow is creating unstable conditions below around 8500 feet in elevation. People should avoid all gullies and stay out from under any steep slope to avoid being caught in natural avalanches. At the upper elevations human triggered avalanches are likely especially on slopes approaching 35 degrees in steepness that face north through southeast.

BOTTOM LINE

Danger by aspect and elevation on slopes approaching 35° or steeper.
(click HERE for tomorrow's danger rating)


Danger Rose Tutorial

The information contained in the Salt Lake City Forecast is relevant for the Skyline today.


CURRENT CONDITIONS

Due to budget cuts we are only able to produce an advisory that is updated each Friday morning.

Click HERE for the most recent avalanche information for the Skyline region.

Check HERE for recent observations.

Keep in mind that conditions change dramatically and that information may not be relevant for later in the week.

This forecast will be updated by 7:00am Friday January 21st.

GENERAL ANNOUNCEMENTS

See or trigger an avalanche? I'd like to hear about it! You can reach me on my cell phone: 801-824-0305 or shoot me an email: grant (at) utahavalanchecenter (dot) org

Click here for a refresher on the Avalanche Danger Scale.

Click here for a review on the Danger Rose.

This forecast will be updated by 7:00am Friday January 21st.

This information does not apply to developed ski areas or highways where avalanche control is normally done.  This advisory is from the U.S.D.A. Forest Service, which is solely responsible for its content. This advisory describes general avalanche conditions and local variations always occur.

This advisory provided by the USDA Forest Service, in partnership with:

The Friends of the Utah Avalanche Center, Utah Division of State Parks and Recreation, Utah Division of Emergency Management, Salt Lake County, Salt Lake Unified Fire Authority and the friends of the La Sal Avalanche Center. See our Sponsors Page for a complete list.