All four final avalanche accident reports (Caribou Basin, Butler Basin, Lake Mary Chutes, and Ant Knolls) have now been published. These are reports of four avalanche fatalities in five days spanning February 18th-February 22nd. You can find them all HERE>

Drone footage of the Caribou avalanche after avalanche control work had been conducted to reduce the risk to the SAR teams.

Thank you to everyone involved for sharing information. As with all avalanche accidents, we hope to learn something to prevent future accidents. Our deepest condolences go out to the families, friends, rescuers, and everyone affected by these tragic accidents.

Skies are clear. But not for long: we have a classic Wasatch storm on tap for tonight through late Friday.

Temps are in the mid to upper 20s; winds - hardly a whisper yesterday - have increased out of the south-southwest and are blowing 10-15mph with gusts to 20. The high anemometers along the Ogden skyline have hourly averages now in the 20s.

For today, we'll see increasing clouds, elevating winds, and temps again rising into the upper 30s up high, the 40s down low. A strong cold front arrives overnight, accompanied by heavy snowfall and plummeting temperatures. There is some chance of the lake effect kicking in and my overall storm totals are roughly 8-16"+ with an inch to an inch and a quarter of water by later Friday. Our partners at the SLC National Weather Service have issued a Winter Storm Watch.

Riding conditions on Monday night's 6-12" of dense snow were fast and surfy, but warmth and sun yesterday installed a breakable crust on solar aspects. Many crusts should soften with today's sun and warmth. Monte Cristo seems to be the bulls-eye - they picked up about a foot of snow and are up to 65" of total snow on the ground.

The Outlook: Some clearing for the weekend, with an somewhat active pattern for next week. The longer range models aren't in much agreement, so we'll see...