VIDEO: Avalanche Comes Down Over Highway At Alta, Utah Today

This avalanche was filmed across the street from Alta today near the Peruvian Lodge.

NOAA has issued an Avalanche Warning for the Salt Lake region.

* AVALANCHE DANGER...THE AVALANCHE DANGER WILL BECOME HIGH ON MANY SLOPES AT 
DIFFERENT ELEVATIONS AND ASPECTS. 

* REASON/IMPACTS...HEAVY DENSE SNOW AND WINDS UP TO 100 MPH HAVE CREATED 
WIDESPREAD AREAS OF UNSTABLE SNOW. BOTH HUMAN TRIGGERED AND NATURAL AVALANCHES 
ARE LIKELY. STAY OFF OF AND OUT FROM UNDER SLOPES STEEPER THAN 30 DEGREES.
- NOAA, 2/7/20

Many avalanches have come down across the highway in Little Cottonwood Canyon, UT today.

Little Cottonwood Canyon, Alta and Snowbird have not opened the past two days.

The Town of Alta is currently Interlodged (meaning that no one is allowed to leave the buildings for any reason whatsoever).

Alta Ski Area has seen 5″ snow in the past 12 hours, and 14″ in the last 24-hours.

An NOAA avalanche warning is currently in place:

THE FOREST SERVICE UTAH AVALANCHE CENTER IN SALT LAKE CITY HAS
ISSUED A BACKCOUNTRY AVALANCHE WARNING.

* TIMING...IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM MST THURSDAY TO 6 AM MST SATURDAY.

* AFFECTED AREA...FOR THE MOUNTAINS OF NORTHERN UTAH INCLUDING THE
  WASATCH RANGE, BEAR RIVER RANGE, AND WESTERN UINTA MOUNTAINS.

* AVALANCHE DANGER...THE AVALANCHE DANGER WILL BECOME HIGH ON MANY
  SLOPES AT DIFFERENT ELEVATIONS AND ASPECTS.

* REASON/IMPACTS...HEAVY DENSE SNOW AND WINDS UP TO 100 MPH HAVE
  CREATED WIDESPREAD AREAS OF UNSTABLE SNOW. BOTH HUMAN TRIGGERED
  AND NATURAL AVALANCHES ARE LIKELY. STAY OFF OF AND OUT FROM
  UNDER SLOPES STEEPER THAN 30 DEGREES.

BACKCOUNTRY TRAVELERS SHOULD CONSULT WWW.UTAHAVALANCHECENTER.ORG
OR CALL 1-888-999-4019 FOR MORE DETAILED INFORMATION.

THIS WARNING DOES NOT APPLY TO SKI AREAS WHERE AVALANCHE HAZARD
REDUCTION MEASURES ARE PERFORMED.

Current avalanche danger in the Salt Lake Mountains is rated HIGH.