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VIDEO: Utah Avalanche Center Forecasters Analyze Extremely Dangerous Current Snowpack

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AvyBrains | February 17, 2021
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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 […]

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AvyBrains | February 16, 2021
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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 […]

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Martin Kuprianowicz | February 9, 2021
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VIDEO: Utah Avalanche Center Full Report of Avalanche That Killed 31-Year-Old Local Man

In the video above, the Utah Avalanche Center assess the snowpack at the site of the tragic avalanche that took the life of a 31-year old snowboarder just outside the Park City, UT ski area boundary. Today, our team visited the recent avalanche accident in Dutch Draw. We are compiling a report and it will be available on our homepage […]

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AvyBrains | January 11, 2021
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Here to Help: The Utah Avalanche Center’s New Trailhead Avalanche Awareness Program

High avalanche danger should = low-angle terrain selection which should = keeping powder-hungry hubris in check. That’s essentially what volunteers with the Utah Avalanche Center’s new Trailhead Avalanche Awareness program were explaining to curious passers-by as they toured past the red UAC tent at the Grizzy Gultch trailhead in Little Cottonwood Canyon last Saturday when snow conditions were concerningly suspect. […]

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Martin Kuprianowicz | December 23, 2020
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74 Human-Triggered Avalanches in Colorado in 6 Days | Extremely Weak Snowpack For Much of State Right Now

  View this post on Instagram   A post shared by Friends of CAIC (@friendsofcaic) With much of the inter-mountain West being dry in regards to precipitation for the first part of this winter, snow instabilities have formed. The snowpack is weak in a lot of places—and dangerous. Especially in Colorado. Related: The SnowBrains Podcast – Episode #4 – What’s […]

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AvyBrains | December 16, 2020
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Former Avalanche Forecaster Discovers That Approximately ⅓ of Tourer Fatalities in the U.S. Occurred When Tourers Were Ascending

Are you traveling in the backcountry this year? Do you spend most of your time identifying avalanche terrain while traveling uphill or downhill? If you think that most avalanche fatalities occur when tourers are going downhill, then you are correct. BUT a shockingly high percentage of avalanche fatalities still occur when tourers are going uphill—32% percent to be exact, according […]

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AvyBrains | December 9, 2020
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Avalanche Safety Class Signups Skyrocketing This Season, Likely Due to Pandemic

2020-2021: The season of the backcountry.  COVID is still letting some resorts operate—for now. But like an uncomfortable truth that no one wants to admit, ski areas may shut down again this season if ‘Stay at Home’ orders are reenacted due to surging coronavirus infections. And the skiing world knows this, whether or not it’s openly discussed. Related: California Governor […]

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Martin Kuprianowicz | December 3, 2020
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