In partnership with: Utah Division of State
Parks and Recreation, The Friends of the Utah Avalanche Center, Utah Department
of Emergency Services and Homeland Security and
AVALANCHE BULLETIN
Tuesday, November 22, 2005 5pm
Good afternoon,
this is Evelyn Lees with the
There will be two showings of the new TGR film “Tangerine Dream” at Brewvies Thursday, December
1, at 7 and 9 pm. This is a fundraiser
for the UAC, sponsored by our partner, The Friends of
the
For a quick glance at avalanche classes in the
The annual report for 2004-05 is now on the web.
(Click HERE,
8mb)
Current Conditions:
The slow start to the winter continues, and about the only place to make turns is
on higher elevation slopes, generally above 9,000’. Even there, the total snow depths of one to
two feet will have you scraping the bottom of your boards unless you’re very
careful to stay on slopes with smooth underlying surfaces. The snow is crusty on the sunny slopes, with
soft, recrystalized powder on the shady slopes.
Avalanche Discussion:
Surface
hoar sparkling in the sun, the swoosh of loud powder every turn… Yup, these are the signs of a weakening snow
pack. The long, cold clear nights are
faceting the upper layers of the snowpack, and in some places, the entire pack
has turned to weak, sugary snow. This
thick weak layer will create a problem once we get another storm. However, at the moment, the snow pack is
mostly stable, because there is no slab, or layer of snow, on top of the weak
snow. (Snow
Profile). Since the snowpack
is so shallow and weak, there is a significant danger of hitting rocks and
stumps, some which are lurking just under the snow surface.
Mountain Weather:
High pressure will
remain in place through Thanksgiving Day, before shifting east on Friday. 8,000’ highs will be in the low 50’s and lows
in the upper 20’s. Winds will remain
light, from a northerly direction. The
models are in disagreement over the weekend pattern change, but it looks like
there will be a significant cooling of temperatures, with a chance for mountain
snow on Saturday.
We will update this advisory as conditions
warrant. Stay tuned and thanks for
calling.
Click
HERE for a season history chart by month.
To
have this advisory automatically e-mailed to you each day, click HERE. (You must re-sign up this season even if you
were on the list last season.)
We
are looking for feed back on our MOCK-UP of our new advisory format. Let us know what you think! http://www.avalanche.org/~uac/newadvisory
Thanks for calling.