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The avalanche danger is LOW. The three things to watch for today are (1) pockets of isolated wind slabs in the upper elevations, (2) sluffing in the upper elevation northern aspects and (3) small, wet, loose avalanches on southeast through west-facing aspects.
Remember a low avalanche danger, doesn’t mean “no avalanche danger”. Continue to evaluate snow and terrain carefully.
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Recent Activity
Two avalanches were reported in the backcountry yesterday.
The first was a skier triggered soft slab avalanche on a Northeast aspect at 10400 feet on the Coalpit Headwall. This soft slab broke 35 feet wide and ran about 600 feet. One person was caught, but no one was buried. You can find a great first-person account HERE.
The second was a serious of intentional skier triggered wind slabs on an East aspect at 9400 feet in Hogum. These avalanches were 18 inches deep and failed on the Feburary 7th crust, and broke 30 feet wide. You can find the full report HERE.
Our Week in Review - which summarizes weather and avalanche activity over the past week - has been published HERE.
Snow and Weather
This morning, temperatures range through the 20's F, with a temperature inversion at some low-elevation trailheads with temperatures in the mid-teens. Winds are westerly, southwesterly and generally light averaging 5-15 mph below 10,000'. At the highest elevation ridgetops gusts are in the low 30s mph.
Today, the high pressure system will gradually shift east. This will bring mostly cloudy skies and warm temperatures, in the upper 30s to low 40s F. Winds will continue to be west southwesterly and average 5-15 mph with gusts below 25 mph at mid-elevations. Upper elevation ridgelines will average 10-20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph.
Looking forward, a storm system will be tracking south of us tonight and could bring up to an inch of snow to the Central Wasatch.
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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.