Utah Avalanche Center
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January 15, 2006 - 7:08 am Today the avalanche danger of loose snow and soft slab avalanches will rise to MODERATE and perhaps even CONSIDERABLE by early evening with expectation of heavy snowfall throughout the day.
Links: Avalanche List Photos Profile List Weather Links Glossary 12 Hrs This morning, sluff management will be the cause for concern in the 10-12% density snow that fell on a wide range of slick wind and sun crusts formed over the last couple of days. Take care to not lose your edges and go for a slide-for-life in the steep radical terrain. By about noon, snow should begin falling in earnest with heavy snowfall expected through the evening. Loose snow avalanches will begin to pack more of a punch and sensitive soft slabs may start to form along the high elevation lee ridgelines. We have accidents every year where folks start to acknowledge changing conditions and fail to adjust their terrain choices in the face of a rising hazard 12 Hrs See above. None. Now that the first wave has dumped 3-6 across the range, the skies are starry, the winds are mellow and the crickets are chirping. Avalanche teams may want to have another cup of coffee and wait a few hours for the main thrust of this storm. Its a little anti-climactic, particularly after getting blown around in the pre-frontal strong southwesterly winds for most of the day yesterday. Mountain temperatures are about 10 degrees colder than this time yesterday and are in the upper teens and low twenties. Winds veered overnight and are blowing 15-20 out of the west northwest. Conditions in the backcountry will be dust on crust until things get fired up by late morning.
The second tier of a potent storm system will move through by late morning and should produce heavy snowfall through at least midnight tonight. 8000 highs will top out in the low twenties with 10,000 temps continuing to fall in to the single digits. Winds will shift more northwesterly and blow 15-20mph with locally higher wind speeds. A ridge of high pressure builds in for tomorrow with the next good storm by about midweek. 3rd Annual Backcountry Awareness Week Monday Jan 30-Sunday February 5Fundraising Dinner February 3rd at 6pm with speakers Conrad Anker and Apa Sherpa. For more info, go to www.backcountryawareness.com or call Snowbird at 933-2147.
Click HERE for a text only version of the avalanche advisory.
To have this advisory automatically e-mailed to you each day, click HERE. (You must re-sign up this season even if you were on the list last season.)
UDOT also has a highway avalanche control work hotline for Little Cottonwood road, which is updated as needed. 801-975-4838.
The Wasatch Powderbird Guides will be in AF, the Sessions, Cascade, and a homerun out White Pine if weather allows. For more info, call 742-2800.
Please report any backcountry snow and avalanche conditions. Call (801) 524-5304 or 1-800-662-4140, email uac@avalanche.org or fax 801-524-6301. The information in this advisory is from the U.S. Forest Service, which is solely responsible for its content. This advisory describes general avalanche conditions and local variations always occur.
I will update this advisory by 7:30 Monday morning. Thanks for calling.
This advisory provided by the Wasatch Cache National Forest, in partnership with:
Utah Division of State Parks and Recreation, The Friends of the Utah Avalanche Center, Utah Department of Emergency Services and Homeland Security and Salt Lake County
DISCLAIMER: Above is information on each factor affecting todays' danger rating. All factors must be considered to develop a backcountry travel plan that will reduce your risk.
The post was created using an automated process maintained by First Tracks! Online.
Links: Avalanche List Photos Profile List Weather Links Glossary 12 Hrs This morning, sluff management will be the cause for concern in the 10-12% density snow that fell on a wide range of slick wind and sun crusts formed over the last couple of days. Take care to not lose your edges and go for a slide-for-life in the steep radical terrain. By about noon, snow should begin falling in earnest with heavy snowfall expected through the evening. Loose snow avalanches will begin to pack more of a punch and sensitive soft slabs may start to form along the high elevation lee ridgelines. We have accidents every year where folks start to acknowledge changing conditions and fail to adjust their terrain choices in the face of a rising hazard 12 Hrs See above. None. Now that the first wave has dumped 3-6 across the range, the skies are starry, the winds are mellow and the crickets are chirping. Avalanche teams may want to have another cup of coffee and wait a few hours for the main thrust of this storm. Its a little anti-climactic, particularly after getting blown around in the pre-frontal strong southwesterly winds for most of the day yesterday. Mountain temperatures are about 10 degrees colder than this time yesterday and are in the upper teens and low twenties. Winds veered overnight and are blowing 15-20 out of the west northwest. Conditions in the backcountry will be dust on crust until things get fired up by late morning.
The second tier of a potent storm system will move through by late morning and should produce heavy snowfall through at least midnight tonight. 8000 highs will top out in the low twenties with 10,000 temps continuing to fall in to the single digits. Winds will shift more northwesterly and blow 15-20mph with locally higher wind speeds. A ridge of high pressure builds in for tomorrow with the next good storm by about midweek. 3rd Annual Backcountry Awareness Week Monday Jan 30-Sunday February 5Fundraising Dinner February 3rd at 6pm with speakers Conrad Anker and Apa Sherpa. For more info, go to www.backcountryawareness.com or call Snowbird at 933-2147.
Click HERE for a text only version of the avalanche advisory.
To have this advisory automatically e-mailed to you each day, click HERE. (You must re-sign up this season even if you were on the list last season.)
UDOT also has a highway avalanche control work hotline for Little Cottonwood road, which is updated as needed. 801-975-4838.
The Wasatch Powderbird Guides will be in AF, the Sessions, Cascade, and a homerun out White Pine if weather allows. For more info, call 742-2800.
Please report any backcountry snow and avalanche conditions. Call (801) 524-5304 or 1-800-662-4140, email uac@avalanche.org or fax 801-524-6301. The information in this advisory is from the U.S. Forest Service, which is solely responsible for its content. This advisory describes general avalanche conditions and local variations always occur.
I will update this advisory by 7:30 Monday morning. Thanks for calling.
This advisory provided by the Wasatch Cache National Forest, in partnership with:
Utah Division of State Parks and Recreation, The Friends of the Utah Avalanche Center, Utah Department of Emergency Services and Homeland Security and Salt Lake County
DISCLAIMER: Above is information on each factor affecting todays' danger rating. All factors must be considered to develop a backcountry travel plan that will reduce your risk.
The post was created using an automated process maintained by First Tracks! Online.