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Get out early and get off of--and out from underneath--steep, sun exposed slopes by noon.

The danger from wet avalanches should quickly rise from Low this morning to Moderate with pockets of Considerable by afternoon.

It's still possible to trigger a deep, large avalanche (low probability - high consequence) on steep, northwest, north, northeast and east facing slopes above about 9,500'. Continue to choose conservative terrain in these areas based on steepness and consequences.

Spring has sprung and you can tell--strong sun, warm temperatures crusty snow and rollerballs. Temperatures are a few degrees warmer this morning than yesterday morning and the daytime highs should be 3-4 degrees warmer too. This morning, there should be a thin refreeze of the snow surface. It's 26 degrees and it should rise to 40 degrees today. Winds have picked up a bit from the south and should blow 15 mph today.

Snow surface conditions include sun crust on all aspects except there is still some soft, settled powder on straight north facing slopes above about 9,000'. I would guess there may be some supportable, immature corn on south faces this morning but should turn to glop again by mid morning.

There was no significant activity from the backcountry yesterday but there was a significant deep slab released by explosives in upper Little Cottonwood Canyon. It was 5-7' deep, 400' wide, 10,400' elevation on a steep N-NW facing slope under cliffs. It ran to the flats. Yikes!

Leave your long underwear at home. Wear a white shirt, brimmed hat and lots of sunscreen--yup, sounds like spring. We should have sunny skies with some high and possibly mid elevation clouds by afternoon. Ridge top temperatures should be over 40 degrees with 50 degrees down at 8,000'. The wind has picked up a bit and should blow from the south 15 mph.

We should continue with warm weather on Friday and Saturday with stronger wind from the south. Then, we have a weak storm for Sunday and Monday, which should cool things down quite a bit with a few inches of snow.

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Salt Lake and Park City – Alta Central (801-742-2033)

Ogden – Snowbasin Patrol Dispatch (801-620-1017)

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We will update this forecast tomorrow morning. Thanks for calling.