Ogden
Danger d’avalanche
- Alpin
- Limite forestière
- Sous la limite forestière
Points saillants
Today, the overall avalanche danger is LOW on all aspects and elevations. This means that human-triggered avalanches are unlikely, but small avalanches in isolated areas are possible.
With the increase in Southwest winds, keep an eye out for any wind drifted snow, as it won't take a lot of drifting snow to create a small wind slab in the upper elevation terrain.
Special Announcement
This week is the 2nd Annual Avalanche Awareness Week. We will be hosting avalanche awareness and education events across the state of Utah. Get a full schedule of events here.
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Recent Activity
No new avalanches were reported from the backcountry. Despite the lean conditions, we continue to receive excellent observations from the backcountry. Ben and Denver Bauter have been touring in the Powder Mtn area and have recent reports on our Observations page.
Please keep these excellent observations coming - they help us map the locations of the weak faceted snow. This will be critical ahead of the next winter storms.
Snow and Weather
Under clear skies, the mountain temperatures at 9,500' are 35°F, while temperatures at 6,000' are 20°F. West southwest winds have increased in the past few hours and will usher in partly cloudy skies throughout the day. Current wind speeds are 20-25 mph at the upper elevations, while mid and low elevation winds are less than 15 mph.
Looking ahead, we have a small storm that will impact Utah starting Friday morning; this will be a welcome change to our current weather pattern and hopefully will bring 2-6" of new snow by Saturday afternoon. The good news, we should be done with the high pressure for the next couple of weeks, and temperatures will finally feel like it's December. We do have an optimistic precipitation forecast from the GFS over the next two weeks, as seen below.
General Announcements
Please visit this website with information about Responsible Winter Recreation by the Utah Office of Outdoor Recreation.
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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.