Avalanche forecast

Provo

Issued Apr 8, 2024valid to Apr 9, 2024Utah Avalanche Center

Avalanche danger

Alpine
Treeline
Below treeline

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Highlights

The Provo mountains have a mostly LOW avalanche danger this morning and the snow is generally stable. Remember that risk is inherent in mountain travel and even small avalanches can lead to trouble in extreme terrain.

The danger for wet avalanches will rise to MODERATE on all steep solar aspects. Cloud cover will be a wild card across the range - you'll need to watch how the snow is changing under your feet and adjust accordingly.

Avalanche problems

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 periods of sun and slowly warming temperatures. I don't think things will get out of hand, but don't discount the April sun to trigger some wet and dry sluffs in the steepest terrain, at a minimum. If we see more sun than expected, you'll see all 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-affected terrain.

Recent Activity

While traveling along the Wasatch Back near the Ant Knolls, Dave and Chad saw one fresh wind-drifted snow avalanche on a north facing slope at 9300'. The avalanche had a small 8"-10" crown that was approximately 50' wide and ran 200' vertical feet.

Snow and Weather

The weekend storm was a nice little refresh of 3-6" to smooth over the rough old snow surfaces.

Currently, skies are partly cloudy with light winds from the west northwest. Temperatures are in the upper teens to low 20s.

For today, we'll have partly cloudy skies. Winds will be light from the northwest. Mercifully, temperatures will slowly warm into the low to mid-20s up high, the low 30s down low.

The Outlook: slowly warming temperatures and a building ridge of high pressure for the week. Friday's mountain temps are expected to soar into the upper 40s to low 50s. The models suggest another storm for the late weekend into early next week...but a lot can change between now and then.

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