Forecast: Provo Area Mountains - Utah Avalanche Center

Forecast for the Provo Area Mountains

Issued by Drew Hardesty on
Friday morning, January 21, 2022

The danger is generally LOW and avalanches are not expected. Remember that LOW danger does not mean NO danger - risk is inherent in mountain travel.

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Moderate

Considerable

High

Extreme

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Weather and Snow

Skies are overcast with just a trace of new.

Temperatures are in the teens. Winds are light from the northwest except along the highest elevations where we're seeing hourly averages of 20-30mph with gusts to 45.

As the storm moves through, winds will shift north and then northeast and we'll see cool bitter winds of 15-20mph from those directions. Temps will be in the upper teens and low 20s. Clouds will thin and we'll see mostly and then partly cloudy skies by the afternoon. High pressure builds back in for the weekend with a weak storm slated for Monday night. I'm not seeing much on the horizon until the turn of the month. We'll see.

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Recent Avalanches

None.

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Description

Mark and Trent were down near Mt Nebo yesterday and their observation is HERE>. They found stable snow but weak snow developing at the snow surface. Photo below.

Normal caution is used when the avalanche danger is LOW and there is no predominant type of avalanche problem. Although avalanches are unlikely, they are not impossible and they could occur in isolated terrains, such as

small isolated areas of wind drifted snow in upper elevation terrain features that allow for drifting, such as gullies, sub ridges and directly below ridgelines;
a larger avalanche breaking down into faceted snow in steep, thin rocky terrain on aspects facing northwest through east at the mid and upper elevations.

Note - if you're headed into the upper reaches of American Fork or toward the LCC/AF ridgeline, the danger may trend more to Moderate. Consult the SLC forecast.

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