Upper Snowpack Persistent Weak Layers

Summary

Backcountry riders were caught in three separate avalanches on Sunday (1/19/20). Fortunately, nobody was injured. Use caution ... CAIC forecasters traveled near Ophir to assess new snow in this area and evaluate Mark Staples and his partners went looking for an avalanche that buried a rider yesterday. They couldn't find it, but what they ... A CAIC Forecaster takes a look at the surface and near-surface Trent Meisenheimer discusses our 2/20/29: A quick look at snow and avalanche conditions on a mid elevation northwest facing slope in Logan Canyon. We toured up to treeline on Lipps to checkout the Craig Gordon with the Utah Avalanche Center explains the 5 simple red flags to look for in potentially unstable snow. Be sure to ... Poor test results in our Propagation Saw Tests help illustrate the current deep Once we get a storm on top of this Learn how to identify the separate Doug Chabot of the Gallatin National Forest Avalanche Center demonstrates how to dig a snow profile with stability tests.