Highlights From the Utah Avalanche Center 2023/24 Annual Report Utah had another great snowfall year in 2023/24 following the historic snowfall of the 2022-2023 season. Overall, the state saw 131% of the average snowfall setting a record for the snowiest two-year period in state history. From October 2022 to May 2024, Alta Ski Area reported an incredible 1,531 inches of snow—over 127 feet. The Utah Avalanche Center (UAC) released […] Avalanche Brent Thomas | June 26, 2024 0 Comments
How to Properly Interpret the Avalanche Danger Scale This article originally appeared on the Utah Avalanche Center website You must remember four important points about this scale: The scale is not linear. Your risk increases about twofold for each rising level on the danger scale. In other words, you take on twice as much risk at Moderate as Low and you take on four times more risk going […] Avalanche AvyBrains | February 15, 2023 0 Comments
Utah Avalanche Center: 3 Human-Triggered Avalanches Reported in 1 Day in Wasatch Range Winter busted through the doorway this week in Northern Utah, damn near blasting the door off its hinges by slamming down upwards of two feet of new snow in spots. People dusted off the cobwebs from their ski and snowboard gear and took to the mountains, which had gained 14-26″ of new snow as of Monday morning, according to the […] Avalanche Martin Kuprianowicz | October 25, 2022 1 Comment
Utah Avalanche Center Releases New ‘Know Before You Go’ Program It’s October. The days are shortening. The weather’s cooling. Snow is going to start falling sooner than you know it. It’s time to dust the cobwebs off your avalanche brain and get it working again. A backcountry course raises your awareness of a multitude of factors concerning snow and wind patterns and navigating avalanche terrain. It helps in allowing you […] Avalanche AvyBrains | October 6, 2022 0 Comments
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
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