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Forecast for the Ogden Area Mountains

Trent Meisenheimer
Issued by Trent Meisenheimer on
Monday morning, March 22, 2021
The avalanche danger is MODERATE on all upper elevation steep slopes for triggering a new snow soft slab avalanche or a long and fast running dry loose avalanche. Human-triggered avalanches are possible.
Keep in mind that if it starts snowing harder than expected or the temperature quickly rises, the avalanche danger can spike rapidly. Be ready to alter your plans based on changing conditions.
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Weather and Snow
Wow, this is Wasatch I remember! - yesterday was one of those days where people come for a weekend and stay for a lifetime. The weekend's storm produced right-side-up powder on all aspects and elevations, and there were plenty of smiles for miles.
This morning the skies are clear, and the temperatures hover in the mid-teens °F across the board. Winds are from the north and west blowing 5-10 mph with gusts to 20 mph at the upper elevations. For today, we should see increasing clouds and more snow showers this afternoon. Currently, the clouds are entering northwest Utah and should arrive around 9:00 am this morning. Temperatures will remain cold (for March) and only climb into the upper 20's °F this afternoon at say 9,000'. Winds will eventually become more westerly and are not forecast to increase until this evening.
Rough snow totals below:
Ogden Mountains: 8-14" snow (0.65 - 1.30" H20)
Little Cottonwood Canyon: 16-26" snow (1.40 - 2.02" H20)
Big Cottonwood Canyon: 16-22" snow (1.10 - 1.75 H20)
Park City Ridgeline: 7-15" snow (0.90 - 1.30 H20)
Recent Avalanches
No new avalanches were reported in the Ogden Mountains.
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For today there are three things to watch for:
  • Sluffing (dry loose avalanches) in steep, sustained terrain.
  • New snow soft slabs that could be 12 inches deep and up to 100 feet wide.
  • Warming from the sun. Currently, the temperatures are cold, and the clouds should move in this morning and keep warming at bay. However, it's spring, and things can change fast. Keep an eye on the sky and notice if the snow surface becomes wet. If you see rollerballs, it's time to move to shadier/colder terrain.
Remember to travel one at a time and work the terrain as you travel up and down, only exposing one person at a time to avalanche terrain. Terrain selection is the great equalizer that can either increase or decrease the consequence of an avalanche. Shovel shear tests, small test slopes, and a quick extended column test can help your stability assessments of the new snow. Slope cuts and small cornice drops will also be effective (make sure no one is below).
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This information does not apply to developed ski areas or highways where avalanche control is normally done. This forecast is from the U.S.D.A. Forest Service, which is solely responsible for its content. This forecast describes general avalanche conditions and local variations always occur.
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