Whole foods event:

Between now and Jan 15th: Donate to the Utah Avalanche Center by shopping at Whole Foods Market Utah! when you visit Whole Foods Market Trolley Square, Sugarhouse & Cottonwood Heights locations and bring in your re-usable bags, Whole Foods will donate a dime per bag to Utah Avalanche Center when the cashier asks if you want to “keep or donate” your bag credit and you say “DONATE".

This is part of the Whole Foods “Your Change Creates Change” program, created to assist local non-profits!

This is a fantastic opportunity for us to partner with Whole Foods and raise funding for our avalanche forecasting and education programs! We hope you’ll stop into Whole Foods Market, do some shopping and bring your reusable bags! The three participating locations are:

Whole Foods Market Trolley Square - 544 S 700 E, Salt Lake City

Whole Foods Market Sugarhouse - 1131 E. Wilmington Ave., Salt Lake City

Whole Foods Market Cottonwood Heights - 6930 S. Highland Drive, Cottonwood Heights

Welcome back.... we've missed you !

In case you didn't notice, someone teased us, flipping the winter switch to the "ON" position last night. However, there's no reason to get all fired up and call in sick today. While the high country received a much needed coat of white paint, in reality there's just a few inches of new snow. The good news is.... nearly all the early season snow we received in late September either melted off or is patchy and not all that connected. Are you ready for more good news? I thought you were... and here goes. Last night's storm snow fell on relatively dry, warm ground. What that means from an avalanche and snow stability perspective is that we're off to a benign start and there's very little, weak, sugary snow on the ground to contend with. Of course, that can all change and we'll keep you updated as the early season starts to unfold, but right now we're off to a good start and I'll update this information as observations trickle in, the snow starts to fly, and the season gets rolling.

In the meantime while you're waiting for snow to stack up, you might want to schedule one of our free avalanche awareness presentations (contact me at [email protected]) or sign up for our ever-popular, sled specific Avy Awareness and Riding Skills Workshop. (Click here for more details)

Tyler St. Jeor and I took advantage of the last day of balmy weather on Tuesday and worked on weather stations near Currant Creek Peak. As you can see, not much old snow even on the high elevation shady slopes on the south half of the range.

Here's some images from UDOT's webcam near Bald Mountain Pass. Looks white from far, but still far from white.

We're getting our weather stations back on line. For real-time snow depth, winds, and temperatures click here.

This is a great time of year to schedule one of our free avalanche awareness presentations.

For more details shoot me an email- [email protected] or call 801-231-2170... operators are standing by :)