Forecast: Ogden Area Mountains - Utah Avalanche Center

Forecast for the Ogden Area Mountains

Issued by Drew Hardesty on
Monday morning, February 10, 2020

Most terrain has LOW danger; however very localized areas of MODERATE danger exist in the Ogden area mountains, particularly along the Ogden Skyline. Shallow wind drifts may form this afternoon in localized areas.

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Weather and Snow

Skies are clear with mountain temperatures in the low teens and upper single digits. Winds are west-northwesterly, blowing 10-15mph.

Snow surfaces suffered greatly with the freezing rain and rime from late week and look to be more impacted on the east side of the Eden valley.

For today, we may see some increasing cloud cover and cooling temps associated with a dry cold front. Winds will veer to the northeast and increase overnight. East canyon winds are likely to develop tonight into tomorrow.

Powder Mountain snowsafety Nichole Dye holding a crust from a sign post.

Recent Avalanches

None reported yesterday.

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Avalanches have been triggered with explosives at the mid and upper elevations at Snowbasin in recent days.

Wind drifts and new snow avalanches are increasingly stubborn and much of the snow structure is generally capped by recent rime and freezing rain. We'll need to keep an eye on this structure to watch for any development of weak faceted snow beneath the crusts that may affect avalanche conditions in the future.

Additional Information

With clear skies and cold temperatures, weak snow is sure to develop above and below these near-surface crusts and this may prove to make avalanche conditions interesting in the coming weeks. A few folks - Doug Wewer and Brandon Everett - suggested re-reading an old collection of articles about the MLK crusts of 2011 in the Avalanche Review, linked HERE. Thanks guys.

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