Our thoughts and prayers go out to the friends and family of James Childs, a 30 year old snowmobiler who was killed in an avalanche accident Friday Mar. 1st on the southern end of the Manti-Skyline. We visited the site and our investigation is posted here.

The Manti-Skyline advisory program continues to function because of the very generous contributions you've made at our annual fundraisers along with the support from our non-profit Friends of the Utah Avalanche Center. Thanks to all of you for helping keep this vital resource up and running! We will be updating this weekend advisory by 7:00 AM each Saturday morning.

For recent snow and avalanche observations click here.

Recent advisories can be found here.

An overview of the tragic avalanche triggered in 12 Mile Canyon.

This slide was triggered in Ephraim Canyon on Feb. 25th. A common theme with the recent slides in the south half of the region is that they're unmanageably breaking to weak snow near the ground.

Remember your information can save lives. If you see anything we should know about, please participate in the creation of our own community avalanche advisory by submitting snow and avalanche conditions.   You can call me directly at 801-231-2170, email craig@utahavalanchecenter.org, or email by clicking HERE

This is a great time of year to schedule a free avalanche awareness presentation for your group or club. You can contact me at 801-231-2170 or email craig@utahavalanchecenter.org

Donate to your favorite non-profit –The Friends of the Utah Avalanche Center. The UAC depends on contributions from users like you to support our work.

The information in this advisory is from the US Forest Service which is solely responsible for its content. This advisory describes general avalanche conditions and local variations always occur.

This advisory will be updated by 7:00 AM Saturday, March 9th.