Utah Avalanche Center
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March 25, 2007 - 6:56 am
SUMMARY >>> Danger by
ASPECT & ELEVATION
BOTTOM LINE
on slopes over 35 degrees
The avalanche danger is generally LOW this morning, and will rise to MODERATE on slopes steeper than about 35 degrees with daytime heating. The rising danger will follow the sun first on easterly facing slopes, then south and then west.
Forecaster: Drew Hardesty LINKS: -Danger scale- -Encyclopedia- -Text only- CURRENT CONDITIONS >>> LINKS TO MORE INFO: NWS SNOW PAGESNOTEL MAP
Its yet another beautiful spring day in the Wasatch, with clear skies and light westerly winds. Overnight lows dropped into the upper twenties and low thirties, and itll be a perfect day to go for a longer super-tour and work the aspects for corn all day long. If you dont stray beyond 5 degrees on either side of true north, you can milk a number of turns on recrystallized snow above about 9000. Todays corn skiing and riding may be the ticket increasing winds and convective cloud cover may thwart Mondays show ahead of what looks to be a powerhouse for Tuesday and Wednesday. Perhaps up to and over two feet of snow for storm totals.
RECENT AVALANCHES AND SNOWPACK INFO >>> LINKS TO MORE INFO
AVALANCHE LISTPHOTOSACCIDENTSSNOW PROFILES None. AVALANCHE CONCERNS >>> WHERE PROBABILITY SIZE TREND Likely
Unlikely Large
Small Increasing
Danger Same Decreasing
Danger over the next 10 hrs Same as it ever was. Play your cards right by getting off the slopes before they become unsupportable. Be alert to softening crusts over unsupportable glop, easily discovered by plunging a ski or probe pole into the snow. Collapsible corn crusts may be more prominent in shallower snowpack areas, and may even whoomph on you. If youre not an avalanche professional, you may be alright as far as I know, only avy pros, many of whom I count as good friends, are the ones caught and/or carried by these enigmatic corn slabs.
Like most things in life, timing is everything, and springtime is about both spatial and temporal variability. If you miss the window today, well, its back to the white room for a few days and a whole new batch of avalanche problems. Stay tuned.
MOUNTAIN WEATHER >>> LINKS TO MORE INFO
UAC COMPILATION
NWS ZONAL FORECAST
SEASONAL Wx CHARTS Well have clear skies and temps warming to the 50s at 8000 and near 40 at 10,000. Winds will be westerly and 15-20mph. Tomorrows show will be headlined with increasing southwesterly winds and convective thunderstorms, particularly up north, with potential localized water amounts of up to a half inch of water. Monday night winds are expected to scream into the 50mph range before the storm moves overhead. A lot of elements are in place for a good spring storm for mid-week, then drying out for the weekend.
GENERAL ANNOUNCEMENTS >>> The Wasatch Powderbird Guides were in Cascade and American Fork. Theyll return today. For more info, call 742-2800.
uac@avalanche.org (uac@avalanche.org). (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 on Monday morning, and thanks for calling.
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.
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
The post was created using an automated process maintained by First Tracks! Online.
SUMMARY >>> Danger by
ASPECT & ELEVATION
BOTTOM LINE
on slopes over 35 degrees
The avalanche danger is generally LOW this morning, and will rise to MODERATE on slopes steeper than about 35 degrees with daytime heating. The rising danger will follow the sun first on easterly facing slopes, then south and then west.
Forecaster: Drew Hardesty LINKS: -Danger scale- -Encyclopedia- -Text only- CURRENT CONDITIONS >>> LINKS TO MORE INFO: NWS SNOW PAGESNOTEL MAP
Its yet another beautiful spring day in the Wasatch, with clear skies and light westerly winds. Overnight lows dropped into the upper twenties and low thirties, and itll be a perfect day to go for a longer super-tour and work the aspects for corn all day long. If you dont stray beyond 5 degrees on either side of true north, you can milk a number of turns on recrystallized snow above about 9000. Todays corn skiing and riding may be the ticket increasing winds and convective cloud cover may thwart Mondays show ahead of what looks to be a powerhouse for Tuesday and Wednesday. Perhaps up to and over two feet of snow for storm totals.
RECENT AVALANCHES AND SNOWPACK INFO >>> LINKS TO MORE INFO
AVALANCHE LISTPHOTOSACCIDENTSSNOW PROFILES None. AVALANCHE CONCERNS >>> WHERE PROBABILITY SIZE TREND Likely
Unlikely Large
Small Increasing
Danger Same Decreasing
Danger over the next 10 hrs Same as it ever was. Play your cards right by getting off the slopes before they become unsupportable. Be alert to softening crusts over unsupportable glop, easily discovered by plunging a ski or probe pole into the snow. Collapsible corn crusts may be more prominent in shallower snowpack areas, and may even whoomph on you. If youre not an avalanche professional, you may be alright as far as I know, only avy pros, many of whom I count as good friends, are the ones caught and/or carried by these enigmatic corn slabs.
Like most things in life, timing is everything, and springtime is about both spatial and temporal variability. If you miss the window today, well, its back to the white room for a few days and a whole new batch of avalanche problems. Stay tuned.
MOUNTAIN WEATHER >>> LINKS TO MORE INFO
UAC COMPILATION
NWS ZONAL FORECAST
SEASONAL Wx CHARTS Well have clear skies and temps warming to the 50s at 8000 and near 40 at 10,000. Winds will be westerly and 15-20mph. Tomorrows show will be headlined with increasing southwesterly winds and convective thunderstorms, particularly up north, with potential localized water amounts of up to a half inch of water. Monday night winds are expected to scream into the 50mph range before the storm moves overhead. A lot of elements are in place for a good spring storm for mid-week, then drying out for the weekend.
GENERAL ANNOUNCEMENTS >>> The Wasatch Powderbird Guides were in Cascade and American Fork. Theyll return today. For more info, call 742-2800.
uac@avalanche.org (uac@avalanche.org). (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 on Monday morning, and thanks for calling.
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.
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
The post was created using an automated process maintained by First Tracks! Online.