Steve's Cottonwood Canyons
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Updated March 12 @ 3:50 am

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Current Conditions

It's Darwin Day! At 3:00 am, the temperature near the top of Brighton's Crest chairlift was 29 degrees. Winds on Cardiff Peak are averaging 10 mph out of the south-southwest with gusts to 20. In the last 48 hours, the snow depth near the top of Brighton's Crest chairlift has decreased 2 inches. In the last 4 weeks, the depth has increased 16 inches.

Forecast Conditions

The forecast says that today, from 5:00 am to 5:00 pm, no new snow is expected. The daytime high temperature will be 48 degrees. And from 5:00 pm today until 5:00 am tomorrow, no new snow is expected. The nighttime low temperature will be 32 degrees.

Avalanche Forecast

The Utah Avalanche Center's avalanche forecast for the Salt Lake area on Wednesday, March 11, says, "After several days of strong westerly winds, avalanche danger is MODERATE across all upper elevations and on mid-elevation slopes facing northwest through east, where it's possible to trigger either a hard slab or a shallow soft slab of wind-drifted snow. Watch for sensitive slabs 6 to 12 inches deep, possibly deeper in upper-elevation alpine terrain. The remaining aspects and elevations have a LOW danger this morning. However, as the strong March sun comes out, wet-snow avalanches may become possible on east, south, and west aspects, as well as on low-elevation northerly slopes, and avalanche danger may rise to MODERATE by the late afternoon. Pay attention to changing conditions; if a slope becomes unsupportable, it's time to switch aspects."

No road alerts or backcountry closures were detected.