Storm brings April snow to Utah
The April storm is bringing more snow to much of the state, but spring finally seems to be on the horizon.
(Leah Hogsten | The Salt Lake Tribune) Austin Bingham operates a snowblower to clear his family’s driveway in Mountain Green on Monday, April 3, 2023.
Utah’s traditionally snowy winter continues despite the calendar saying it’s spring.
Some locations in the valleys have had more than a foot of snow from this current storm since Tuesday morning. A winter storm warning remains in effect over much of Utah through 6 p.m. Tuesday, and snow is expected to continue in many areas Tuesday night and Wednesday morning, with a few inches more expected.
Meteorologists say spring weather should arrive this weekend.
(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Crews spot the cars for sale at a Volkswagen dealership as a late season storm brings more snow to the Salt Lake Valley on Tuesday, April 4, 2023.
(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Layers of snow pile up on cabins in Porter Fork and snow continues to add to the deep snowpack on Monday, April 3, 2023.
(Leah Hogsten | The Salt Lake Tribune) The Hansen family from left, Xander Krause, Brian Hansen, Piper Hansen and Jamie Hansen spent Monday, March 3rd
(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) A backcountry skier skis up Porter Fork on Monday, April 3, 2023 as the snow continues to fall.
(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) The tennis season feels a long way off as courts at Liberty Park are covered as a late season storm brings more snow to the Salt Lake Valley on Tuesday, April 4, 2023 .
(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) People navigate slippery conditions as a late season storm brings more snow to the Salt Lake Valley on Tuesday, April 4, 2023.
(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Snow covers Salt Lake City on Tuesday, April 4, 2023.
(Leah Hogsten | The Salt Lake Tribune) Mounds of snow pile up around homes in Mountain Green on Monday, April 3, 2023.
(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Layers of snow pile up on cabins in Porter Fork and snow continues to add to the deep snowpack on Monday, April 3, 2023.
(Leah Hogsten | The Salt Lake Tribune) Austin Bingham operates a snowblower to clear his family’s driveway in Mountain Green on Monday, April 3, 2023.
(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) People clear sidewalks as a late season storm brings more snow to the Salt Lake Valley on Tuesday, April 4, 2023.
(Leah Hogsten | The Salt Lake Tribune) Heavy, wet snow caused roofs to collapse in Mountain Green on Monday, April 3, 2023.
(Leah Hogsten | The Salt Lake Tribune) Ron Blunck of Mountain Green cleared over 3 feet of snow from his neighbor’s driveway on Monday, April 3, 2023 with his 3-week-old front end loader. Blunck said he has invested over 53 hours worth of work on the new machine, which is currently moving snow in his neighborhood. “The snow is so heavy and wet that you can’t just clear it with a snow blower,” said Blunck.
(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Deep powder snow blankets the landscape as snow continues to pile up in Millcreek Canyon on Friday, March 31, 2023.
(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) A snowplow clears the side street in Sugarhouse as more snow falls in the Salt Lake Valley on Monday, March 27, 2023.
(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Trish Kent, a newcomer from Virginia, thinks the snow is nice but is more than ready to move on to next season when she finds snow on Monday, March 27, 2023 in the Salt Lake Valley clears .
(Leah Hogsten | The Salt Lake Tribune) Whiteout conditions along SR167 near Snowbasin in Weber County caused a gridlock when conservation officials from the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources and the Mountain Green Fire Department mitigated fender flares March 24 and cars and snowplows stopped, 2023.
(Leah Hogsten | The Salt Lake Tribune) Brooklyn Evans, a conservation officer with the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources, laughs at her frozen eyelashes and hair while updating drivers driving along SR167 near Snowbasin in Weber County in Pin whiteout conditions. The storm-like conditions led to a gridlock as conservation officials from the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources and the Mountain Green Fire Department mitigated fender flares and stopped cars and snowplows on March 24, 2023.
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