Avalanche
The Utah Avalanche Center ranked avalanche danger in Utah at “High” above, near, and below tree line yesterday. It’s down from “Extreme” from two days ago. A girl was killed in an avalanche near Salt Lake City on Saturday.
Please read this warning and we’d recommend staying out of the backcountry for a while.
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED BACKCOUNTRY AVALANCHE WARNING FOREST SERVICE UTAH AVALANCHE CENTER RELAYED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UTAH 534 AM MST MON FEB 10 2014 THE FOLLOWING MESSAGE IS TRANSMITTED AT THE REQUEST OF THE FOREST SERVICE UTAH AVALANCHE CENTER. THIS AVALANCHE WARNING IS FOR ALL MOUNTAINS OF NORTHERN AND CENTRAL UTAH. THE LARGEST SNOWSTORM OF THE WINTER HAS OVERLOADED A VERY WEAK PRE-EXISTING SNOWPACK, WHICH HAS CAUSED WIDESPREAD, LARGE AVALANCHES AND TWO FATALITIES OVER THE WEEKEND. A HIGH DANGER CONTINUES FOR ALL ASPECTS AND ELEVATIONS. THIS WARNING DOES NOT INCLUDE SKI AREAS OR HIGHWAYS WHERE AVALANCHE CONTROL IS NORMALLY DONE. FOR MORE INFORMATION VISIT WWW.AVALANCHE.ORG OR CALL 1-888-999-4019.
