Salt Lake

We are not issuing danger ratings with our forecasts at this time, but if there is enough snow to make turns or a slope is solid white - there is enough snow for avalanches. However, the greatest current hazard is hitting buried rocks, stumps, and downed timber. Most ski areas are now closed for uphill traffic. Until more snow comes, there are few options.

Alta (and most other ski areas) is now closed to uphill traffic. The Catherine's area remains open with access via the summer road.

No avalanches have been reported since November 5th when a few wind slabs and sluffs were reported.

You can check in on what people have been finding on our observations page here.

Skies are clear, ain't it a shame.

One to almost two feet of snow exists in the high shady terrain with bare ground on the aspects facing the sun. Mountain temperatures are in the upper 20s; winds are generally light from the west-northwest with hourly averages of 15-20mph at 11,000'. Skiing and riding conditions are not half bad in a few inches of settled snow over a supportable mid-pack crust. Low angle grassy slopes offer the best options for the glass-is-half-full types. Stack the odds in your favor by taking wide boards and by riding slowly, taking care to avoid the rocks, stumps, and other deadfall.

High pressure looks to keep its stranglehold over Utah for perhaps another week with perhaps a pattern change in store for Thanksgiving weekend. Keep your fingers crossed.