Avalanche forecast

Salt Lake

Issued Apr 9, 2024valid to Apr 10, 2024Utah Avalanche Center

Avalanche danger

Alpine
Treeline
Below treeline

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Highlights

With direct sun and heating, the danger for wet avalanches will rise to MODERATE (or higher) on all steep solar aspects.

HEADS UP! Increasing winds along the higher elevations will lead to changing conditions. Look for a developing MODERATE danger for wind drifted snow avalanches, primarily on steep north to east to south facing terrain.

Avalanche problems

Wind Slabs
N
NE
E
SE
S
SW
W
NW
Alpine
Treeline
Below treeline
Likelihood
Possible
Size
2
A storm passing to the north of us has kick-started some winds along the highest ridgelines and there is A LOT of snow available for transport. The winds should be increasing as the day wears on. Most of the drifting will be on north to east to south facing aspects, but terrain channeling and eddying has a way of occasionally placing drifts around the compass. These soft slabs should be easy to recognize by their rounded appearance and should crack out with provocation.
Loose Wet
N
NE
E
SE
S
SW
W
NW
Alpine
Treeline
Below treeline
Likelihood
Possible
Size
2
Wet avalanches will be increasingly possible with direct sun and warming temperatures. Look for the tell-tale signs and pre-cursors of wet avalanches (pinwheels, rollerballs, etc) and you'll want to avoid being on or beneath steep sun-effected terrain when the snow becomes wet, unsupportable and unstable. Remember that wet debris sets up like concrete and wet slides are often more difficult to escape once you're caught up in the cement mixer.

Recent Activity

None.

Snow and Weather

Skies are clear.

Mountain temperatures are in the teens. Fun to note a slight drop in temperatures during the solar eclipse yesterday.

Winds are generally light from the west northwest, except along the highest ridgelines, where hourly wind speeds have slowly increased to 15-20mph.

Northerly aspects remain cold and dry while many solar aspects will be slightly crusted this morning.

For today, we'll have mostly sunny skies, increasing winds from the northwest, and temperatures rising into the the upper 30s down low, the upper 20s up high. High pressure builds in for the rest of the week with scorching temps expected by Friday.

These are the days to get after it: excellent coverage, excellent riding conditions, 5 star views. Forecaster Dave Kelly, UDOT forecaster John Woodruff cruising the Wasatch Back -

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