Photos: Utah welcomes (or curses) season's first valley snowfall

Utah braces for strong winds, cold temperatures, heavy mountain snowfall

It’s been a record breaking year in Utah for snowfall. After some unstable conditions early in the winter, things finally turned around and the powder has been deep and stable for many days. Ski-Doo and Karl Malone Powersports SLC has helped us assess avalanche conditions in rural and remote areas where people ride snowmobiles. They loaned us two Summit 175” sleds, and we’ve been using every inch of those long tracks this winter.We’ve been digging a lot of deep snowpits, looking at avalanches, r