Ogden

The Ogden area mountains have a mostly LOW avalanche danger, but a low danger does not mean no danger. The cornices along the high ridge lines are very large, and could break beneath the weight of a person. Avoid any new small wind drifts that form as the southwesterly winds increase. While pockets of faceted snow exist near the ground on steep, upper elevations slopes, none have produced avalanches in the Ogden area mountains yet. Still, if you travel in steep terrain, only expose one person at a time, especially on steep, shady slopes.

Recent wind drifts that were active Wednesday have settled out. But cornices are unusually large for this time of year, and yesterday Greg Gagne and Doug Wewer saw evidence of natural avalanches on leeward easterly aspects from recent westerly winds. These were from natural cornice falls which triggered small, fresh wind slabs. Check out their full observation.

Mountain temperatures are in the 20s this morning, and southwesterly winds very light, averaging 5 to 10 mph, with Mount Ogden averaging 15 mph, gusting to 20. Skies will remain mostly cloudy for the day, with a dusting of fresh snow possible as a weak disturbance moves by to the north. Winds across the highest ridge lines will increase, averaging around 25 mph. The high pressure ridge moves in on Sunday, and by Monday, 9000’ temperatures will warm to near 40. The next chance for a shot of snow is around Wednesday.

Snow depths in the Ogden area mountains average 2 to 3 feet, with as much as 4 feet at the upper elevations. Though the sunny slopes are sun crusted, decent dense powder remains on the shady slopes.

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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.