Our Week in Review highlights significant snowfall, weather, and avalanche events of the previous week. (Click here to review the archived forecasts for the Salt Lake mountains.) The danger roses for the Salt Lake mountains from Friday, February 14 through Thursday, February 20, 2020: Summary: A storm moves into the region on Sunday, bringing a period of heavy precipitation and widespread avalanche activity Sunday and Monday. Conditions stabilized as the week progressed. A LINK to the reported avalanche activity from Friday, February 14 through Thursday, …

Our Week in Review highlights significant snowfall, weather, and avalanche events of the previous week. (Click here to review the archived forecasts for the Salt Lake mountains.) The danger roses for the Salt Lake mountains from Friday, February 7 through Thursday, February 13, 2020: Summary: A significant storm system enters the state on Thursday, February 6 leading to a historic avalanche cycle in Little Cottonwood Canyon on Friday, February 7. Snow and water totals from this storm include: Little Cottonwood Canyon: 30"-41" of snow (5.52" - 6.79" …

Our Week in Review highlights significant snowfall, weather, and avalanche events of the previous week. (Click here to review the archived forecasts for the Salt Lake mountains.) The danger roses for the Salt Lake mountains from Friday, January 31 through Thursday, February 6, 2020: Summary: A week of very active weather! Warming temperatures Friday/Saturday/Sunday with wet avalanches over the weekend. A very cold storm on Monday with widely-varying snow totals that deposited nearly 2' on the benches and foothills, but upper reaches of the Cottonwoods only …

On January 13, 2020, UAC Moab forecaster Eric Trenbeath was interviewed by Lisa Hathawy on the KZMU public affairs program, "The Great Wide Open." The wide ranging interview covers the early history of backcountry skiing in the La Sals, including early access issues that ultimately lead to a plowed trailhead at 9600', and the formation of the La Sal Avalanche Forecast Center. Avalanche fatalities including a tragic accident in February, 1992 that left four people dead, including the avalanche forecaster, are also discussed. Other topics include a look at the unique terrain and snowpack of the …

Our Week in Review highlights significant snowfall, weather, and avalanche events of the previous week. (Click here to review the archived forecasts for the Salt Lake mountains.) The danger roses for the Salt Lake mountains from Friday, January 24 through Thursday, January 30, 2020: Summary: As evidenced by the abundance of green in the danger roses, overall general stability in the snowpack, with a storm system arriving early in the week with avalanche activity occurring during the storm. Friday, January 24: Stable conditions. However, a glide avalanche is …

Image courtesy of Ditsong (formerly Transvaal) National Museum of Natural History In his seminal book The Hunters or the Hunted, the celebrated anthropologist Charles Kimberlin "Bob" Brain postulated that it was our relationship to monsters that established us as we are today. As a native of Tasmania, Brain wrote not about a whirling devil, so to speak, but of "the terrible cat", Dinofelis. Dinofelis was described as "a large cat less agile than a leopard or cheetah but far more solidly built. It hunted at night, and with great stealth." Brain continues, "A combination of …

If, as they say, that a picture is worth a thousand words; what to make, then, of moving pictures or film? If you're gonna tell a story, and if you want it to have a meaningful impact, it's important to establish an emotional connection with your audience and to take ideas that may seem esoteric and bring them to the stage. In the avalanche world, UAC forecaster Trent Meisenheimer is at the forefront of storytelling and communication through the use of video. Trent uses high-def cameras, drones, and cutting-edge video software to communicate the visceral realities of a field day in …