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Forecast for the Ogden Area Mountains

Drew Hardesty
Issued by Drew Hardesty on
Tuesday morning, February 22, 2022
The avalanche danger is LOW and the snow is generally stable. Normal caution should be exercised as risk is inherent in mountain travel.
Slide for life conditions may exist on steep solar aspects.
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Weather and Snow
Skies are mostly cloudy with light westerly winds. Mountain temps are in the single digits to low teens. A trace to an inch of snow is all the new precipitation noted from the Ogden mountains. A storm is mostly favoring the central and southern Utah mountains, but northern Utah may see a couple inches this evening into the overnight hours. With the system to the south, easterly canyon winds are possible tonight into tomorrow. For today, we'll have mostly cloudy skies, light southerly winds and temperatures in the single digits and low teens. A weak storm is forecast by the end of the week.
Recent Avalanches
None.
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Normal Caution
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The danger is low and the snow is mostly stable. My touring parties and I were in the Cutler ridge area the last couple of days and found variable snow conditions of crusts and patches of soft settled powder. Poor snow structure exists with weak faceted snow capped by myriad wind and melt freeze crusts. Avalanche conditions will remain benign until significant snowfall.
Derek DeBruin, Kory Davis, and others have recent observations HERE.
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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.