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Good Morning. This is Tom Kimbrough with the
Current Conditions:
The Wasa
Our string of human triggered
avalanches continued unabated yesterday but fortunately our luck also continued
to hold as no one was injured in any of these slides. People triggered slides on Peak 10,420 at the
head of Big Cottonwood, in the Raymond Glades west of Gobbler’s Knob, near
With avalanche activity at
this level the only reasonable choice is to stay the heck off of steep slopes
that face the north half of the compass.
If you wa
Temperatures remained warm
during the night and I have had reports this morning that the current snow
flurries are quite wet. I’m not sure how
this will affect today’s stability but a little extra caution might not be a
bad idea.
Bottom Line (SLC,
The avalanche danger remains CONSIDERABLE on slopes facing
northwest, north, northeast and east, above about 8,500’ and about 35 degrees
or steeper; that’s about the steepness of a black diamond slope at a ski
resort. Human triggered avalanches are
probable in these areas. There is a MODERATE avalanche danger
on southerly facing slopes, possibly rising to CONSIDERABLE with daytime warming. The danger is LOW danger on slopes less than 30 degrees steepness,
although slides can be triggered from nearby low angled terrain.
Mountain Weather:
Several weak weather
disturbances will cross northern
General Information:
For more details on recent
avalanche activity call 364-1591.
Weather permitting Wasa
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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.
Evelyn Lees will update this advisory by
Thanks for calling!
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Weather Service - Salt Lake City - Snow.
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