Steve's Cottonwood Canyons
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Updated March 7 @ 7:01 am

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Current Conditions

At 6:00 am, the temperature near the top of Brighton's Crest chairlift was 8 degrees. Winds on Cardiff Peak are averaging 6 mph out of the north-northwest with gusts to 8. In the last 48 hours, the snow depth near the top of Brighton's Crest chairlift has increased 6 inches. In the last 4 weeks, the depth has increased 36 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 35 degrees. And from 5:00 pm today until 5:00 am tomorrow, no new snow is expected. The nighttime low temperature will be 25 degrees.

Avalanche Forecast

The Utah Avalanche Center's avalanche forecast for the Salt Lake area on Saturday, March 7, says, "This morning, the avalanche danger is MODERATE for new snow soft slabs and dry-loose avalanches on all aspects. There is also a MODERATE danger of triggering a persistent weak-layer avalanche 2 to 5 feet deep that fails on the Dry January Layer of faceted snow. With strong sunshine and cold snow, expect the surface on steep southerly aspects to become damp and wet by mid-morning. In these areas, the avalanche danger could quickly rise to CONSIDERABLE on steep sunlit slopes, where loose wet avalanches may become a significant problem and large enough to bury a person."

No road alerts or backcountry closures were detected.