NOAA: “Avalanche Warning” for Wasatch Mountains in Utah 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. THIS AVALANCHE WARNING IS FOR ALL MOUNTAINS OF NORTHERN AND CENTRAL UTAH. THE LARGEST SNOWSTORM OF THE […] Avalanche SnowBrains | February 11, 2014 0 Comments
NOAA: Avalanche Warning for Lake Tahoe …AN AVALANCHE WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7AM PST MONDAY… THE CURRENT AVALANCHE DANGER IS HIGH. NEAR TREELINE AND ABOVE TREELINE, AVALANCHE DANGER IS HIGH ON NW- N-NE-E-SE ASPECTS ON SLOPES 32 DEGREES AND STEEPER. FOR ALL OTHER AREAS, AVALANCHE DANGER IS CONSIDERABLE ON SLOPES 32 DEGREES AND STEEPER. WIND SLAB, STORM SLAB, AND DEEP PERSISTENT SLAB AVALANCHES ARE ALL POSSIBLE TODAY.[…] Avalanche SnowBrains | February 10, 2014 0 Comments
NOAA: “Avalanche Watch” for Colorado NOAA has issued an Avalanche Watch for Colorado. As far as we’re concerned, just this warning is a good enough warning to stay out of the backcountry and get some great resort turns in this weekend. Avalanche danger is high in many places in Colorado right now and travel in avalanche terrain is NOT recommended. Please read NOAA’s avalanche warning below: THE COLORADO AVALANCHE INFORMATION CENTER HAS EXTENDED AN AVALANCHE WATCH FOR ALL MOUNTAIN RANGES IN THE ASPEN…GUNNISON…[…] Avalanche SnowBrains | January 31, 2014 0 Comments
NOAA Video: “What Are Avalanche Warnings?” NOAA knows that these Avalanche Warnings are new for us and they’ve created a video to explain just why they are issuing them. NOAA is working with local avalanche centers to save lives. If this information can reach more people, there’s a better chance that people will be informed and can avoid avalanche terrain during high danger. This video was created to clarify why the National Weather Service issues Avalanche Warnings and […] Avalanche SnowBrains | January 31, 2014 0 Comments
NOAA: “Avalanche Warning” for Lake Tahoe, CA Today & Tomorrow NOAA has issued an avalanche warning for the greater Lake Tahoe area today. We’ve never seen this happen in Tahoe. Avalanche warnings are only issued when the avalanche danger is so high that the local avalanche center calls up NOAA and […] Weather SnowBrains | January 30, 2014 1 Comment
Special Public Avalanche Warning for British Columbia: January 16, 2014, Revelstoke, BC: The Canadian Avalanche Centre (CAC) is issuing a special public avalanche warning for most regions of British Columbia including the North Coast Inland, South Coast Inland, Sea to Sky, North Rockies, Cariboos, North Columbia, South Columbia, Purcells, Kootenay-Boundary, Lizard Range, and South Rockies. This warning applies to recreational backcountry users and is in effect from […] Avalanche SnowBrains | January 17, 2014 1 Comment
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