Avalanche forecast

Provo

Issued Apr 10, 2025valid to Apr 11, 2025Utah Avalanche Center

Avalanche danger

Alpine
Treeline
Below treeline

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Highlights

With direct sun and skyrocketing temperatures, the avalanche danger for wet avalanches will rise to MODERATE and perhaps higher today on all aspects and elevations but for high north today. Cornices and roof slides are also serious objective hazards in the mountains today. Some natural cornice falls may trigger large avalanches below.

Avalanche problems

Loose Wet
N
NE
E
SE
S
SW
W
NW
Alpine
Treeline
Below treeline
Likelihood
Likely
Size
2
The snowpack is generally stable this morning and natural and human-triggered avalanches are unlikely. This is about to change.

WET AVALANCHES: With clear skies and forecast scalding temperatures, however, wet avalanches will be increasingly likely today on all aspects and elevations. For wet loose avalanches, the mystery is no mystery: if you see point release sluffs, pinwheels and rollerballs, and you're sinking and gouging into the snow, it's time to head to the car. Isolated wet slab avalanches may also be possible in areas that have had a poor refreeze over the last several days. Some of these wet debris piles will be large enough to bury a person.

CORNICES: These monsters will continue to calve off naturally, sometimes triggering large avalanches below. Avoid being on or below these huge cornices.

ROOF AVALANCHES remain a significant objective hazard with skyrocketing temps. A roof fatality occurred as recently as April 2023 in the Brighton township.

Recent Activity

No new avalanches were reported to the UAC yesterday in the Provo mountains.

Observations can be found HERE

Snow and Weather

Skies are clear.

Winds are light from the northwest; overnight lows as of 5am are in the upper 30s to mid-40s.

For today, we'll have sunny skies, light winds backing to the southwest, and temps skyrocketing into the mid-60s down low and the mid-40s up high!

Even warmer temps are expected tomorrow with cooler weather for the weekend.

Supportable corn can be expected sequentially on east, then south, then west facing aspects this morning. The window for travel on supportable crusts will be narrower and close earlier today. Westerly facing aspects may be done by about noon or so. Beyond that, travel will become unsupportable and dangerous.

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