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Good morning, this is Evelyn
Lees with the
UDOT
will be sighting in the 105 into Stairs Gulch in
We
will be giving another free Avalanche Awareness talk this Saturday, December 6th,
at 7pm, at Kirkham’s, located at
Current Conditions:
Skies are partly cloudy this
morning, and temperatures are in the low 20’s at 10,000’. Ridge top winds are from the southwest, and generally
less than 10 mph. Amid the widespread wind
slabs and crusts, there are a few pockets where the surface snow is beginning to
recrystalized, and better turns are starting to be found on wind sheltered shady
slopes. Still, turning conditions are nothing
to write home about, and this may be a good week to work on holiday preparations,
or, as in my case, attempt to rake up all those leaves I never got to during
the November powder frenzy.
Avalanche Conditions:
The
calm of the weather is equaled in the avalanche world, with no avalanches reported
since last Friday. The pattern of warm
temperatures followed by a cooling has literally “locked” or “frozen” the snow
in place. Still, as always, there are probably
a few isolated spots where a person could trigger a slide – most likely a steep,
upper elevation slope, where there is an old wind slab are sitting on shallow faceted
snow.
Bottom Line (
There is a LOW avalanche danger today, with both natural and human
triggered avalanches unlikely.
Mountain Weather:
A weak weather system will pass to the north of us
today, causing mostly cloudy skies. Highs
today will be in the mid 20’s at 10,000’ and the mid 30’s at 8,000’. The winds will gradually shift to the
northwest, and be in the 10 to 20 mph range. Warm, mild conditions are forecast for the
northern
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For specific digital forecasts for selected mountain areas from the
National Weather Service, click the links below or choose your own specific
location at the National
Weather Service Digital Forecast Page:
General
Information:
If
you are getting into the backcountry, please give us a call and let us know
what you’re seeing, especially if you trigger an avalanche. You can leave a message at 524-5304 or
1-800-662-4140. Or you can e-mail an
observation to uac@avalanche .org, or you can fax an
observation to 801-524-6301.
Sign-ups
are now being taken for the Friends of the
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.
Bruce
Tremper will update this advisory on Thursday morning.
Thanks for calling.
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For more detailed weather
information go to our Mountain Weather Advisory
National
Weather Service - Salt Lake City - Snow.
For an explanation of
avalanche danger ratings:
http://www.avalanche.org/usdanger.htm