All avalanche activity in the Ogden area mountains has occurred within the new snow that fell during the Friday-Saturday storm. Some of these avalanches failed on layers of graupel that fell during the storm as one observer found yesterday near Chilly Peak. Most of these soft slabs have likely stabilized. Remaining instabilities should be confined to slabs of wind drifted snow. Watch out for fresh slabs forming today with increased southwest winds.

After this weekend's storm that added significant stress to the snowpack, there were no avalanches observed breaking in a persistent weak layer near the ground. This layer exists at upper elevations on northerly facing slopes.

It appears that his layer is gaining strength as Drew, Eric and Doug Wewer found on Ben Lomond on Monday. The photo below that Doug took of this weak layer shows some straight edges on the snow crystals (bad) but many rounded edges (good). As we get more info on this layer and signs that it is healing, we may be able to rule it out in the near future. For now, we don't expect avalanches on it, but we have to mention it.