Utah Avalanche Center Issues Final Forecast for the Season: Urges Backcountry Users To Be Careful Sunday, April 19, would have been closing day at Alta Ski Area in Utah. Sunday was also the last day that the Utah Avalanche Center issued an avalanche forecast for the 2020/21 season. But as their avalanche forecasting service gets discontinued until next year, the UAC reminds backcountry users to be careful when skiing the backcountry at this time. RELATED: […] Backcountry SnowBrains | April 24, 2020 0 Comments
Utah Avalanche Center: Uncertainty, Risk, & Decision Making: Before, During, and After COVID-19 The following blog post is by guest author, UAC observer, and Wasatch Backcountry Alliance vice president Tom Diegel. This post is not intended to represent the official opinions of the UAC. Instead, it is to offer a starting point for constructive discussions and thoughts about how to recreate during the current health care crisis. The State of Utah has information […] Backcountry Guest Author | April 11, 2020 1 Comment
VIDEO: Backcountry Skier Shares Recount of Mount Superior, UT Avalanche That Carried Him Over 2,200 Vertical Feet at 77 MPH [arve url="https://snowbrains.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/jared-interview-clip-.mp4"] Martin Kuprianowicz | April 1, 2020 Likes Tweets 0 Comments
Utah Avalanche Center To Continue Publishing Daily Avalanche Forecasting During COVID-19 Crisis With every resort in Utah now closed for the 2019-20 winter season, we must turn to the backcountry. However, with more people now entering into the backcountry comes much more added risk. That’s why the Utah Avalanche Center has announced that they will continue making avalanche forecasts for next few weeks while Utah ski areas remain closed. A big thank […] Backcountry AvyBrains | March 18, 2020 0 Comments
The Utah Avalanche Center Explains Why North-Facing Slopes Keep Better Snow Ever wonder how the snow on high elevation north facing slopes remains dry powder during such warm weather? The Utah Avalanche Center explained the science behind this in an Instagram post yesterday, Feb. 23: (1) The sun either doesn’t hit the snow it or the sun hits the snow at such a shallow angle that most of the solar radiation is […] Brains SnowBrains | February 24, 2020 0 Comments
Special Avalanche Advisory Issued for Utah Today The Utah Avalanche Center has issued a special avalanche advisory for the Wasatch Mountains today, Monday Feb. 3. Strangely enough, the advisory includes valleys and benches at lower elevations. The UAC said in a report today, The avalanche danger is CONSIDERABLE on all aspects and at all elevations. Human triggered avalanches are probable. The Special Avalanche Advisory is to warn […] Weather SnowBrains | February 3, 2020 0 Comments
VIDEO: Recent Avalanche on Independence Pass, CO Colorado avalanche mitigation officials are getting the first reports of avalanches in the high country. A natural avalanche occurred on Independence Pass on Wednesday, October 23rd. Over a foot of snow has fallen since last week in Colorado and more is on the way, making snow conditions increasingly dangerous throughout the state. Avalanche SnowBrains | October 28, 2019 0 Comments
‘Utah Avalanche Center’ and ‘Know Before You Go’ Offer FREE Online Avalanche Course [arve url="https://youtu.be/Y9QQGFJHKxY"] AvyBrains | October 8, 2018 137 Likes 0 Tweets 0 Comments