Our Week in Review highlights significant snowfall, weather, and avalanche events of the previous week. (Click here to review the archived forecasts for the Salt Lake mountains.) The danger roses for the Salt Lake mountains from Friday April 12 through Thursday April 18: Summary: Typical springtime pattern with wet snow activity during periods of warming, with a decent storm early in the week that delivers 1-2' of snow to the Cottonwoods, with over 2" of water. Strong sunshine and warm temperatures lead to wet activity concluding the end of the week. Snow/Water Totals - …

Our Week in Review highlights significant snowfall, weather, and avalanche events of the previous week. (Click here to review the archived forecasts for the Salt Lake mountains.) The danger roses for the Salt Lake mountains from Friday April 5 through Thursday April 11: Summary: Warm temperatures early in the period, with a strong Pacific storm system arriving on Wednesday. Friday April 5 - Warm temperatures led to the usual wet, loose activity. The largest slide was from Hellgate cliffs that left a small amount of debris on the Little Cottonwood road. Saturday April 6 - …

Last Sunday, my partner and I headed toward the Pine Hollow area in upper American Fork Canyon to access the north side of Timpanogos. It may be one of my favorite places in the entire Wasatch Range. We got a late start and worked through the Timponeeke campground, west into the Corner Pocket and then followed an efficiently-set skin track up through one of the weaknesses to gain the Woolley Hole. To our surprise (we were headed toward the Pika Cirque), and then - I can't think of a better word - appreciation - the skinner continued up the east facing ski runs of the Woolley Hole and …

January 5th 2019. Low Danger in the Wasatch. By the end of the day, the UAC heard about 8 skier triggered avalanches, four catch and carries...a partial and critical burial, and a trip to the emergency room. What happened? The podcast below tells the story in six parts: Drew Hardesty- forecaster - Low Danger Chapter 1 - We're All in This Together Derek DeBruin - ski guide, accident report - Low Danger Chapter 2 - Blue Ice Avalanche Accident Report Greg Gagne, forecaster - January Faceting Event Vlad Pascu - partially buried in Broads Fork, hero - Low Danger - …

Our Week in Review highlights significant snowfall, weather, and avalanche events of the previous week. (Click here to review the archived forecasts for the Salt Lake mountains.) The danger roses for the Salt Lake mountains from Friday March 29 through Thursday April 4: Summary: An impressive, late-winter storm early in the period, followed by warming through the weekend and into the early part of the week. A modest storm with high rain/snow line at the end of the period. Friday March 29 - Another over-achieving storm with 18-24" in the Cottonwoods, and ~12" on the Park City …

Our Week in Review highlights significant snowfall, weather, and avalanche events of the previous week. (Click here to review the archived forecasts for the Salt Lake mountains.) The danger roses for the Salt Lake mountains from Friday March 22 through Thursday March 28: Summary: Winter sputtered back to life through the weekend, followed by strong sunshine and warming. Clouds and wind returned mid-week. A few human-triggered avalanches, with a significant event in Cardiac Bowl on Sunday March 24. Friday March 22 - Storm snow totaling 8-10" from the past few days in the Salt …

In this episode, we sit down with Lynne Wolfe. Lynne has been a long time mountain guide for both Exum and Jackson Hole Mountain Guides, taught innumerable avalanche courses for AAI, NOLS, and Yostmark and perhaps most importantly has been the long time editor of The Avalanche Review, the publication of the American Avalanche Association. Lynne shines at bringing people and ideas together across all of the physical and psychological spectrums in the avalanche community to the benefit of all of her readers of The Avalanche Review. She says "this is my life's work. To get people to talk …