Our Week in Review highlights significant snowfall, weather, and avalanche events of the prior week. (Review the archived forecasts for the Salt Lake mountains.) The danger roses for the Salt Lake mountains from Friday, February 11 through Thursday, February 17: Summary: The January/February drought continued, with warm temperatures and sunshine early in the week. A small storm late Wednesday delivered much-needed snow to the central Wasatch. Friday, February 11: Clear skies and strong winds with gusts approaching 100 mph at 11,000'. No backcountry …

Our Week in Review highlights significant snowfall, weather, and avalanche events of the prior week. (Review the archived forecasts for the Salt Lake mountains.) The danger roses for the Salt Lake mountains from Friday, February 4 through Thursday, February 10: Summary: Generally clear throughout the past week with a few passing clouds and a few periods of moderate to strong winds from the northwest. A few general observations: - Shady slopes continue to develop facets at the surface which will likely be a weak layer with any additional storms; …

Our Week in Review highlights significant snowfall, weather, and avalanche events of the prior week. (Review the archived forecasts for the Salt Lake mountains.) The danger roses for the Salt Lake mountains from Friday, January 28 through Thursday, February 3: Summary: The mid-winter drought continues with only a few inches of snow recorded as cold and clear weather continues to dominate the weather pattern. Saturday, January 29: Clear (yet again) with light northerly winds. Sunday, January 30: A catch-and-carry on Kessler Peak as a skier gets …

Our Week in Review highlights significant snowfall, weather, and avalanche events of the prior week. (Review the archived forecasts for the Salt Lake mountains.) The danger roses for the Salt Lake mountains from Friday, January 21 through Thursday, January 27: Summary: Like most of January, another very quiet week with only a few inches of snowfall. Much of the period is cold and clear with occasional moderate winds. Of note, the few inches of snowfall this week has left the snow surface weak with near-surface facets and surface hoar. This may be a weak layer with any …

Our Week in Review highlights significant snowfall, weather, and avalanche events of the prior week. (Review the archived forecasts for the Salt Lake mountains.) The danger roses for the Salt Lake mountains from Friday, January 14 through Thursday, January 20: Summary: High pressure extends for another week and the avalanche danger drops to Low. The persistent weak layer (PWL) is dropped as an avalanche problem as the PWL has become dormant. On Sunday, Nikki Champion went to the UFO Bowls in the Provo mountains and describes the current state of the snowpack …

Our Week in Review highlights significant snowfall, weather, and avalanche events of the prior week. (Review the archived forecasts for the Salt Lake mountains.) The danger roses for the Salt Lake mountains from Friday, January 7 through Thursday, January 13: Summary: A small storm overnight Friday into Saturday, followed by high pressure through the end of the week. Friday, January 7: Increasingly cloudy skies with snowfall overnight into Saturday with 2-4" new snow by Saturday morning. The only backcountry avalanche reported is a small wind slab from The …

It's good practice to measure slope angles when traveling in the backcountry. Get an inclinometer or at least an app with one, and you'll get better at estimating slope angles with lots of practice. I still prove my own estimates wrong after years of measuring slopes. When traveling in the backcountry, if you stay off of and well out from under slopes steeper than 30°and away from connected adjacent slopes you will not be in danger from avalanches.