Mike R
Reged: 05/26/03
Posts: 15952
Loc: Stinson Lake - New Hampshire
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yeah this system was supposed to track south of us....guess it didnt.....
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JoshA
Reged: 08/28/05
Posts: 2272
Loc: Virginia
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... and I'm already here ... sweet
Winter Storm Warning
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
146 PM MDT TUE APR 4 2006
...WIND AND HEAVY SNOW FOR MOUNTAINS...
.A COLD PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM NEAR THE WEST COAST WILL MOVE ACROSS
UTAH ON WEDNESDAY...AND LINGER ACROSS THE REGION INTO THURSDAY.
SNOW LEVELS WILL BE CONFINED TO THE HIGHEST ELEVATIONS TONIGHT. A
COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE STATE LATE TONIGHT THROUGH
WEDNESDAY MORNING...LOWERING SNOW LEVELS STATEWIDE. PERIODS OF
HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVER AND NEAR THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS
WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY...WITH PRECIPITATION ENDING
THURSDAY NIGHT AS THE STORM EXITS.
UTZ007>010-050515-
/O.EXT.KSLC.WS.W.0013.060405T0600Z-060406T2300Z/
WASATCH MOUNTAINS I-80 NORTH-WASATCH MOUNTAINS SOUTH OF I-80-
WESTERN UINTA MOUNTAINS-WASATCH PLATEAU/BOOK CLIFFS-
146 PM MDT TUE APR 4 2006
...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO
5 PM MDT THURSDAY...
THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT
TO 5 PM MDT THURSDAY.
THIS WARNING IS FOR THE MOUNTAINS OF NORTHERN UTAH...INCLUDING
THE ENTIRE WASATCH RANGE...THE WESTERN UINTA MOUNTAINS...AND THE
WASATCH PLATEAU AND BOOK CLIFFS.
STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ABOVE 8000 FEET THROUGH THURSDAY
WILL RANGE FROM 15 TO 30 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS
ACROSS THE WASATCH RANGE. UP TO A FOOT OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE DOWN
TO 6500 FEET.
OCCASIONAL SNOW SHOWERS WILL IMPACT THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF NORTHERN
UTAH THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT. THESE SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED TO
INCREASE IN COVERAGE AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT THROUGH THE MORNING
HOURS WEDNESDAY...WITH SNOW LEVELS FALLING TO NEAR 9000 FEET BY
WEDNESDAY MORNING. ADDITIONALLY...SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE
TO INCREASE ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT. WINDS ALONG RIDGE LINES ARE
EXPECTED TO GUST ABOVE 60 MPH AT TIMES.
WIDESPREAD SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...IS EXPECTED DURING THE
AFTERNOON HOURS WEDNESDAY...AS THE COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE
AREA. SNOW LEVELS WILL FALL BELOW 6000 FEET WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON
BEHIND THIS FRONT. PERIODS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED TO LINGER THROUGH
WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY...BEFORE TAPERING OFF THURSDAY
AFTERNOON.
IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW WEDNESDAY...STRONG WEST NORTHWEST
WINDS...WITH GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH...ARE EXPECTED TO ACCOMPANY
THE FRONT. THESE STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO PERSIST WEDNESDAY
NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY...AS LOW PRESSURE DEEPENS RAPIDLY EAST OF
THE ROCKIES.
A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF SNOW IS
EXPECTED. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL
VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.
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JoshA
Reged: 08/28/05
Posts: 2272
Loc: Virginia
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Awesome ski day today at Snowbird. Many people were put off by the winds, fog and snow and the lifts were closed for awhile due to lightning. But we had a wonderful day floating in the steep and deep with every run fresh tracks and few people. Love the fat skis I rented, K2 Chiefs with more than 100 mm under the sole. Easy floating through the fluff. Powder paradise. Storm is still intense with possibility of road closure tomorrow. Smiling :-D broadly.
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Mike R
Reged: 05/26/03
Posts: 15952
Loc: Stinson Lake - New Hampshire
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I WANNA BE SKIING!!!!!!!....arghhhhhhh
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JoshA
Reged: 08/28/05
Posts: 2272
Loc: Virginia
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Well, there is a down side to being at a ski area in a blizzard as I found out today. It's still snowing like crazy. We did a few awesome runs in the powder including some wonderful turns down STH (Steeper Than H***) which was effortless in the deep stuff. Then they announced 'interlodge' which means interlodge travel prohibited (everyone stay in the concrete lodges while they control for avalanches). They chased everyone off the mountain at 2:30, closed the road, and blasted with the cannons. Booms were audible all day. They just announced lifting the interlodge temporarily for those needing to get down canyon but said they will reinstitute it tonight. Still, it has been a memorable, if short, day.
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Mike R
Reged: 05/26/03
Posts: 15952
Loc: Stinson Lake - New Hampshire
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just send that white gold over to CO ( where it generally ends up anyway ) so I can play in it next week when I finally get home
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JoshA
Reged: 08/28/05
Posts: 2272
Loc: Virginia
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There's been 26 inches so far from this storm plus maybe another 12 before it ends tomorrow morning. I just checked Breckenridge. They expect maybe 3 inches tomorrow. Location is important and Little Cottonwood Canyon has it in spades.
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JoshA
Reged: 08/28/05
Posts: 2272
Loc: Virginia
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Checked again this morning. Breck may get as much as 10" from the storm. It's sunny right now but we're still interlodged and road is closed for avalanche control work. People that got stuck last night were sleeping in the hallways and couches all over the lodge. Mountain should reopen in stages. It will be a wild scramble for first tracks on a sunny deep powder day.
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JoshA
Reged: 08/28/05
Posts: 2272
Loc: Virginia
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Here is why the road was closed. An avalanche buried it and swept an SUV off the road.
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