Utah Avalanche Center Shares Annual Season Report: 0 Avalanche Fatalities Last Winter View this post on Instagram A post shared by Utah Avalanche Center (@utavy) The Utah Avalanche Center (UAC) has released its annual report recapping the season’s noteworthy snow and avalanche events. The numbers are in, and although hundreds of avalanches were triggered and dozens of backcountry users were buried, no one was killed in an avalanche last […] Avalanche AvyBrains | June 21, 2022 2 Comments
[VIDEO] Utah Avalanche Center Conditions Update: Good Snowpack So Far in Wasatch, Keep an Eye on Incoming Atmospheric River View this post on Instagram A post shared by Utah Avalanche Center (@utavy) The snowpack in Utah’s Wasatch Mountains is off to a remarkably good start this year. That’s surprising for October because often early-season snowfall can create weak layers hidden deep within the snowpack which can cause devastating avalanches later in the winter. That is unless it […] Avalanche AvyBrains | October 25, 2021 0 Comments
Utah Avalanche Center to Host 28th Annual Backcountry Benefit on September 9 in Salt Lake City, UT View this post on Instagram A post shared by Utah Avalanche Center (@utavy) The Utah Avalanche Center’s biggest fundraiser of the year is back. The 28th Annual Backcountry Benefit will be held on Thursday, September 9th from 6-10 PM in the Black Diamond parking lot in Salt Lake City (2084 East 3900 South). The Utah Avalanche Center wrote […] Industry News AvyBrains | August 9, 2021 0 Comments
The SnowBrains Podcast | Episode #16 | 27 Avalanche Deaths in Only 29-Days in the USA… Why Did the US Just See Its Deadliest Avalanche Cycle of All-Time? Episode #16 of The SnowBrains Podcast Mark Staples – Director of the Utah Avalanche Center “27 Avalanche Deaths in Only 29-Days in the USA… Why Did the US Just See Its Deadliest Avalanche Cycle of All-Time?” This is another podcast that’s gonna a little different. The USA just went through its deadliest avalanche cycle in history with 27 avalanche fatalities […] Podcasts SnowBrains | March 2, 2021 0 Comments
VIDEO: Avalanche Forecast Analyzes 10-Foot Deep Avalanche in McAtee Basin, Montana AvyBrains | February 24, 2021 Likes Tweets 0 Comments
VIDEO: Utah Avalanche Center Forecasters Analyze Extremely Dangerous Current Snowpack AvyBrains | February 17, 2021 Likes Tweets 3 Comments
Wasatch Range, UT Moves to ‘Extreme’ Avalanche Danger Today | What That Means and Why That’s So Rare The avalanche compass turned black in the Wasatch Mountains of Utah today. Black on the avalanche compass means ‘Extreme’ avalanche danger—the highest danger rating there is. The Utah Avalanche Center wrote in the Tuesday, February 16 avalanche forecast: “Today the avalanche danger is EXTREME at mid and upper elevations. The avalanche danger is HIGH at low elevations. Avoid being under or near any […] Avalanche AvyBrains | February 16, 2021 0 Comments
Where and How to Sign Up for a Level 1 Avalanche Safety Course Brought to you by SCARPA Backcountry Week New to the backcountry this season? Take your Level 1. Skied the backcountry before but haven’t taken an official course? Take your Level 1. Like skiing out of bounds? Take your Level 1. Do you nerd out about snow? Then take your Level 1. Taking your Level 1 avalanche certification course is crucial […] Avalanche Martin Kuprianowicz | February 9, 2021 0 Comments
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