Alta January 21

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Skrad

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For the third consecutive day, the best day of the season. 14" with no crowd. Everything was deep for the first few hours/ after the trackage had occurred, winds transported snow onto the West Rustler chutes that drop off the High T. This meant soft surfaces all the way until closing time (O.K., I can't vouch for how it was after 3:45). I am pretty tired but ned to keep it turned on through at least Sunday it looks like. Since I suffered all those high pressure days, I am obligated to get out now.
 
And now we have from the National Weather Service:

WWUS45 KSLC 212317
WSWSLC
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
417 PM MST THU JAN 21 2010
...ACTIVE WINTER WEATHER PATTERN CONTINUES INTO THIS WEEKEND...
.A LARGE AND POTENT PACIFIC STORM WILL SPREAD NORTH AND AFFECT
MUCH OF UTAH THROUGH TOMORROW. WRAP-AROUND MOISTURE HAS THE
POTENTIAL TO BRING AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF SNOW TO THE WESTERN
FACING SLOPES OF THE WASATCH MOUNTAINS THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING.
UTZ007-008-220600-
/O.CAN.KSLC.WW.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-100122T0000Z/
/O.EXB.KSLC.WS.W.0001.100122T0600Z-100124T1800Z/
WASATCH MOUNTAINS I-80 NORTH-WASATCH MOUNTAINS SOUTH OF I-80-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WOODRUFF...RANDOLPH...ALTA...BRIGHTON
417 PM MST THU JAN 21 2010
...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO
11 AM MST SUNDAY...
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SALT LAKE CITY HAS ISSUED A
WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS...WHICH IS IN
EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 AM MST SUNDAY. THE WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
* AFFECTED AREA: THE WASATCH MOUNTAINS OF NORTHERN UTAH.
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 FEET
THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING...WITH THE HIGHER TOTALS ON THE WESTERN
FACING SLOPES INCLUDING THE UPPER COTTONWOODS.
* TIMING: SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREA THIS EVENING...BECOMING
HEAVY AT TIMES OVERNIGHT AND INTO TOMORROW MORNING. SNOW WILL
CONTINUE AT TIMES DURING THE WEEKEND...WITH THE WESTERN FACING
SLOPES SEEING THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL.
* WINDS: WINDS GUSTING UP TO 60 MPH WILL CREATE BLOWING AND
DRIFTING SNOW THROUGH MOUNTAIN PASSES AND OVER EXPOSED AREAS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS A MIXTURE OF HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG
WINDS IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. DRIVING CONDITIONS MAY BE
HAZARDOUS. USE CAUTION. BE PREPARED FOR SUDDEN RESTRICTIONS IN
VISIBILITY DUE TO BLOWING SNOW. KEEP A WINTER STORM SURVIVAL KIT
IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.
FOR WINTER ROAD CONDITIONS FROM THE UTAH DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION VISIT...HTTP://WWW.COMMUTERLINK.UTAH.GOV OR DIAL
511.
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I was thinking of writing my post for tomorrow before I go skiing. I have a pretty good idea what it will be like already...
 
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