Boletín de aludes

Ogden

Utah Avalanche Center
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Peligro de aludes

  • Alta montaña
  • Límite del bosque
  • Bajo el límite del bosque
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Lo esencial

The avalanche hazard is MODERATE where both wet loose and wet slab avalanches are possible, especially as the day warms. Avalanche activity may be both natural and human-triggered, and occur on all aspects at all elevations. Although wet avalanches may be shallow, they may run long distances and produce deep debris piles.

Problemas de aludes

  • Loose Wet

    • Alta montaña
    • Límite del bosque
    • Bajo el límite del bosque
    Probabilidad
    Possible
    Tamaño
    2

    The primary avalanche hazard today is wet avalanche activity related to warming. The snowpack has now had over a day to adjust to warming, and clouds and winds may further limit wet activity today. But if the snow surface warms up where you are, natural and human-triggered avalanches are possible involving wet loose snow sluffs or larger wet slab avalanches. This hazard exists in steeper terrain, especially on aspects facing west, south, and east, as well as on all aspects at the mid and lower elevations. Even upper elevation northerly terrain may become active today. These slides will run on older buried crusts, or possibly gouge down more deeply into the snowpack, potentially entraining large amounts of dense, heavy, wet snow.

    Fortunately the snowpack gives us plenty of clues when the avalanche problem involves wet snow. Evidence includes wet rollerballs (as shown below) or larger wet loose avalanches. As soon as the crusts soften and becomes soggy and unsupportable, it’s a sign of unstable wet snow, and time to move off of and out from underneath steeper slopes. Avoid terrain traps such as the gully bottoms.

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Recent Activity

Reports from Ogden-area resorts indicated wet loose avalanche activity on solar aspects as the day warmed.

Snow and Weather

Currently: It's a warm one in the Ogden mountain this morning, preventing a good refreeze at the low and mid elevations. Skies are partly cloudy and mountain temperatures range through the 30's and low 40's F. Only the a few stations above 9500' are below freezing, albeit a still balmy 30 F. South/southwest winds increased overnight, with upper elevation stations above 9,000’ averaging in the teens and gusting into the 20’s mph. As is often the case, Mount Ogden is the windiest, with gusts in the 40's mph.

Today: Skies will be partly cloudy and it will continue to be warm. Temperatures will rise through 40’s F. and even the upper elevations will rise well above freezing. Winds will be out of the south/southwest, averaging in the teens with gusts in the 20’s at the mid elevations, with gusts in the 30’s and 40's at the upper elevations.

Tonight: A more promising setup beginning overnight with 2-4” (potentially more!) of snowfall by later Saturday morning.

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

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