Spring Avalanches in Little Cottonwood Canyon 2023

[@snowbirdskibum]

What a wild amount of snow!

[@matthewbennettutah]

Yes, there is. If it had stayed cold, they wouldn't need to close the canyon but the quick warm-up is what is creating insane avalanche danger.

[@samgroleau1620]

How long do you think this will be affecting the area? hoping to come out in a week or so for some spring skiing. Still worth it?

[@matthewbennettutah]

That is a good question. The canyon is closed this week and not expected to open until Saturday. My hope is that the cold front moving through will stabilize the snow and we can get back to skiing daily. There is still a 206-inch base at Alta and so we should be able to ski for a long time. At least at Snowbird as Alta will close after the 23rd of April.

[@boydgoldsbury586]

was the snow good that day?

[@matthewbennettutah]

Great but not amazing. It had been 2 days since the snow stopped falling and so the fresh snow settled quite a bit. They also allowed people stuck up at the resorts to ski for a couple of hours on Thursday and Friday so you didn't have powder everywhere. Then there was a huge crust about halfway down the Mountain. Once it got warm in the afternoon, the crust became soft and skied very well.