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HERE to help support the UAC's spring avalanche awareness and outreach efforts.
If you are in the Salt Lake Area - Join The Utah Avalanche Center at Backcountry HQ on March 12th as Craig Gordon leads an interactive discussion on current Wasatch snowpack conditions, a recap of this season’s close calls and accidents, how to stay on the right side of the fracture line, and predictions for the rest of the season. Space is limited, registration is required. Register
HERE. Skies are mostly cloudy-becoming-overcast. Mountain temps dropped into the mid-20s overnight but have since rebounded in the pre-dawn hours. Many stations have temps in the low 30s as of 5am.
The south to southwest winds picked up overnight and are blowing 20-30mph with gusts to 45. Gusts along the highest elevations of the Ogden Skyline are in the 50s.
Storm totals are roughly 6-8" with 0.6-0.8" snow water equivalent. Riding conditions have dramatically improved.
Ski area avalanche teams reported isolated wind drifts and shallow sluffing in the storm snow, but more significant was the wet loose avalanches gouging down into weak unconsolidated grains at the lower elevations. Some of debris piled up deeply in terrain traps. In the Logan area mountains, a skier was caught and carried in wet avalanche debris for 800 vertical' in mid-afternoon on a north facing slope at 7800'. The party is unsure if they triggered the avalanche or if it was a natural from above.
