Uintas

In a sea of mostly green avy hazard you'll still find pockets of MODERATE avalanchedanger in the wind-zone above treeline. Human triggered avalanches are POSSIBLE, especiallyon steep, wind-drifted, upper-elevation slopes facing the north half of the compass. While becoming more the exception than the rule, any slide initiated on a steep, shady slope, may fail on weak, sugary, faceted snow, delivering a deeper and wider slide than we might've bargained for.

Out of the wind-zone, LOW avalanche danger exists on all other aspects and elevations, but riding conditions are a hit or miss, mixed bag of snow surface conditions.

Urgent battery replacement required for anyone who received batteries from one of our participating "Batteries for Beacons" shops. Please review the "Batteries for Beacons" replacement notice on our blog. Batteries distributed through our "Batteries for Beacons" program this year have shown to be inadequate length.

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A result of fierce, northerly, midweek winds... a shallow, yet well connected natural avalanche in the image above was reported Wednesday on a steep, southeast facing slope in the wind zone of Upper Weber Canyon.

You can find trip reports and recent slides from across the range and beyond, here.

Nowcast- Thickening clouds settled in overnight, ushering in a stray snow flurry or two along with temperatures in the low teens. Hooray... we clawed our way out of the icebox! After a multi-day residency, southwest winds finally relaxed just in time for Friday nights dinner party and currently blow in the teens near the high peaks. The snow surface has taken a beating, but with a little patience and some stubborn fortitude, you can still find swaths of soft snow on very wind sheltered, shady slopes.

Forecast- Under mostly cloudy skies, look for on again, off again snow showers with minor accumulations expected across most of the range... though the south half of the range near Currant Creek and Daniels may over-produce. Temperatures climb into the mid 20's and southerly winds blowing in the teens remain rather well-behaved throughout the day.

Futurecast- We are high and dry going into next week.

Snow totals are bit up in the air. The pessimist in me says a trace of snow... the optimist says a couple traces of snow. Perhaps the truth lays somewhere in-between :)

The Uinta weather station network was upgraded this summer and all that real-time info is found here. Simply click on the "Western Uinta" tab and then the "Weather Stations" tab to find all your weather needs.

We are always looking for snow and avalanche observations or just general riding conditions. So... if you see something, say something. You can reach our team directly by contacting: Craig at [email protected], 801-231-2170, or Andrew at [email protected], or 860-460-8142.

General Information

This forecast is from the U.S.D.A. Forest Service, which is solely responsible for its content. This forecast describes general avalanche conditions and local variations always occur. This forecast was issued on Saturday, January 25th at 04:00AM and expires 24 hours after it was issued. We will update the forecast by 0700 AM tomorrow. But, in the meantime reach out to us with questions, or if you see anything in your travels.