Avalanche forecast

Ogden

Issued Jan 7, 2023valid to Jan 8, 2023Utah Avalanche Center

Avalanche danger

Alpine
Treeline
Below treeline

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Highlights

Areas of CONSIDERABLE avalanche danger exist in the mid and upper elevations. Any new snow avalanche may step down into older snow layering, particularly on steep northwest to easterly facing aspects. Conservative decision making remains essential today.

Avalanche problems

Storm Slabs
N
NE
E
SE
S
SW
W
NW
Alpine
Treeline
Below treeline
Likelihood
Likely
Size
2
New snow soft slab avalanches 1-2' deep can still be triggered today in steep terrain of all aspects and elevations. These new snow avalanches will be reactive to ski cuts and cornice drops. If traveling into the higher elevations, soft slabs of wind blown snow are to be expected in the lee terrain. Shooting cracks are good indicators of instability.

Isolated natural new snow avalanches will also be possible in the steepest terrain today as well, particularly on southerly aspects.

pc: G Harmsen

TREND: STABILIZING
Persistent Slabs
N
NE
E
SE
S
SW
W
NW
Alpine
Treeline
Below treeline
Likelihood
Possible
Size
4
Our buried weak layers from November are slowly stabilizing but are far from stable. As far as I know, the last natural avalanche into this old layering was just below the Ben Lomond headwall on Wednesday (photo); the last human triggered slide (also on the Ben Lomond headwall) was during last weekend's storm. These were on north to easterly aspects above 8500'.

pc: Brett Fuller

Recent Activity

Ski area control teams triggered numerous soft slabs in the new snow yesterday.

In the backcountry, observers noted pockety soft slabs within the new snow 1-2' deep and up to 50' wide on a variety of aspects and elevations.

Snow and Weather

Skies are partly cloudy. Mountain temperatures are in the mid 20s. Winds are light from the west.

For today, we'll have partly cloudy skies with temperatures rising to the upper 20s. Winds will start to increase from the southwest this afternoon.

Most areas picked up another trace to 2" overnight, pushing storm totals to 16-20" and up to 2.60" snow water equivalent.

Coverage is excellent with up to 80" in the mid-elevations and 35" at the trailheads.

A weak system passes by tomorrow with a much more promising storm slated for Monday night through Wednesday.

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