Ogden
Avalanche danger
- Alpine
- Treeline
- Below treeline
Highlights
Overall the avalanche danger is generally LOW and normal caution exists. You may encounter small sensitive wind drifts at mid and upper elevations and loose-dry snow (sluffing) within the steepest terrain on wind-protected north-facing aspects. Continue to maintain normal safe travel protocols of only exposing one person at a time to avalanche terrain. If you were to trigger a slide, your only hope of surviving will be having partners watching you from a safe location.
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Recent Activity
No backcountry avalanches were reported. We received a few observations from the backcountry on Sunday:
A common theme from these observations is the few inches of snow at the surface has weakened and turned to facets and surface hoar (photo Jonathan Melton). The weak snow at the surface is currently providing soft travel and riding conditions, but it may be a weak layer with any future storms.
Snow and Weather
Currently: Skies are overcast and temperatures range through the upper teens F. Northeast winds increased overnight with gusts near 30 mph at the mid-elevations. At the upper elevations, winds are much stronger, with gusts in the 40's mph. Overnight the mountains maybe an inch of new snow.
For today, there could be some light snow early this morning with skies becoming windy and sunny this afternoon. Temperatures will climb into the mid-20s F. The east-north-east winds will begin to increase with an average in the low teens with gusts below 30 mph at the mid-elevations, while averaging in the low 20s mph with gusts near 30 along the exposed ridges at the upper elevations.
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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.