Northern Utah’s mountains remained generally dry until Oct. 11, when most parts of the state received its first real blanket of snow. A few storms rolled though that month, leaving a 1- to 2-foot base at the higher elevations.

In November, storms helped things shape up for “a potential stable snowpack to remain,” according to the Utah Avalanche Center report.

A strong December storm dropped a few feet across the state, “and we were all fooled into thinking we had it made,” the report stated. “Then a strong high pressure parked itself over the Intermountain West for about three weeks, and we watched our snowpack morph into a thick layer of weak, faceted, sugary snow.”

Mid-January storms caused more than 300 avalanches that month, causing a few full burials. Everyone caught was rescued.

February storms buried the weak snow layer that had been resulting in avalanches, and riders had some of the best and safest conditions of the season — until warmer temperatures and solidifying slabs in late February brought more avalanches.

March began with a storm accompanied by thunder, lightning and a layer of dust, and though feet of cold snow freshened up conditions that month, warmer temperatures following storms ruined the powder, the report pointed out.

On May 5-7, a late spring storm with strong winds dumped more than 3 feet in the Central Wasatch.