The Saturday night frontal passage seemed to provide just what the doctor ordered for transitioning from spring skiing back to proper powder skiing. I found good skiing yesterday with just a hint of bottom feeding at mid elevations if you kept the slope angles reasonable.
Storm totals per the Alta-Collins site are now over two feet. Elsewhere, a healthy lake band developed overnight, but raged over the western Salt Lake and Utah Valleys.
It has since broken up some but scattered lake-effect snowshowers continue this morning, albeit a bit farther west than central Wasatch skiers would like.
The unsettled post-frontal weather will continue through Tuesday evening. Although not in the lake-effect now, expect periods of snow showers throughout this period in the Cottonwoods and perhaps even a thunderstorm or two in the afternoons. For the period from 6 AM MDT this morning through 6 PM 12 AM MDT Wednesday March 27, the GFS produces .79" of water and 14.7" of snow at Alta. The HRRR was less excited (.44"/7.6"). Regardless, it will come in fits and starts, which is my new phrase for the week. It's great skiing for late March. Hopefully the sun will not do too much damage when it appears at times.
Enjoy.
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