Bollettino valanghe

Ogden

Pubblicato il Mar 29, 2020valido fino al Mar 30, 2020Utah Avalanche Center

Pericolo valanghe

Alta quota
Limite del bosco
Sotto il limite del bosco

Non aggiornato — questo bollettino è scaduto 6 years ago. Stai vedendo condizioni passate, non il bollettino in corso.

In sintesi

Areas of MODERATE danger persist primarily along the upper elevations on many aspects, notably those facing north through east. Human triggered avalanches 1-2' deep are possible.

The best and safest riding remains on sun and wind-sheltered slopes less than 35° in steepness.

Problemi valanghivi

Storm Slabs
N
NE
E
SE
S
SW
W
NW
Alta quota
Limite del bosco
Sotto il limite del bosco
Probabilità
Unlikely
Dimensione
2
Not much changed from yesterday.

When we investigated the No Name avalanche, we found that it avalanched on an admittedly hard to detect weak layer associated with last weekend's or early week's crusts. We did not find this weakness anywhere else....and this should give pause to the backcountry traveler: there were no signs of cracking, collapsing, or similar types of avalanches. And yet an avalanche occurred at an interface that - in similar fashion - caused problems for backcountry skiers/riders in the central Wasatch. I would rate this as low probability, high consequence.

The simplest and safest solution is to ride slopes less than 30 degrees in steepness.

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Recent Activity

There were no reports of avalanche activity yesterday other than some wet loose slides on the southwest side of Mt Ogden.

Two very close calls occurred Saturday in the closed-for-the-season Snowbasin resort. Remember that ski areas are not doing control work and must be treated as the backcountry.

The first involved a skier caught and carried in the Mt Ogden chute. This was a new wind slab at 9400', southeast facing. INFO

The second was a very close call in the No Name area on a generally east to northeast facing slope at 8600'. INFO. Video below.

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Snow and Weather

Skies are mostly cloudy to overcast as a weak splitting storm moves through. Temps are in the low to mid 20s with light southwest winds. Skiing and riding conditions remain excellent in the usual wind and sun sheltered terrain. For today, I can't rule out a few snow showers here and there with temps in the upper 20s up high to upper 30s down low. Winds should remain light through later tomorrow ahead of a storm passing by to the north on Tuesday. The Ogden and Logan area mountains look to be favored with perhaps 5-10" of new by Wednesday.

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