Uintas

Today’s avalanche danger is generally LOW and human-triggered avalanches are UNLIKELY. As temperatures rise throughout the day, watch out for wet avalanches in steep terrain that faces the sun.

As we continue into spring, stay wary of cornices, as they tend to break naturally when temperatures rise.

This forecast was read and approved by Craig Gordon.

With a full Pink Moon overhead, this Sunday, April 13th will be the last of our regularly scheduled avalanche forecasts.

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No avalanches have been reported in the last couple of days. In our travels we did see some large cornices that have fallen, or are ready to calve off.

Andy, perched next to a large cornice.

Nowcast: Under clear skies, light winds blow from the northwest in the 15-20MPH range at upper elevations, with generally calm conditions down low. Overnight, temperatures dipped down into the low 30’s and upper 20’s, giving us a short, but solid refreeze.

Forecast: Today, expect another warm, beautiful spring day. Temperatures rise into the mid 40’s, light winds shift to the southwest, ahead of building afternoon clouds.

Futurecast: Above normal temperatures will continue until Saturday when a dry, cool front moves through, bringing clouds and normal springtime temperatures. After that, things look high, dry, and mellow.

Travel and Riding Conditions: Utah spring riding conditions are in full swing, with some supportable fast corn to be had in the morning, before things get toasty. Due to warm temperatures today, this window will be a bit earlier. High elevation north facing slopes offer limited swaths of cold, chalky snow.

Craig nailing some spring turns. Yesterday, we found great snow between, 11:00am and 1:00pm, on south facing slopes.

Cold, wind textured snow found on a due north slope.

A huge shout out to Ski-Doo for getting us out into the hills to help us complete our work, and do a little product testing on the way! The Uinta's are a remote range, and snow machine is nearly the only way to get around. We could not do it without their support, machines, and stoke in our work and mission at the UAC -- You rock, Ski-Doo!

We are always looking for snow and avalanche observations or just general riding conditions. In the meantime reach out to us with questions, concerns, or if you see anything in your travels! Contact us directly through the info below:

• Craig Gordon [email protected] 801-231-2170.
• Andrew Nassetta [email protected] 860-460-8142.

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 Thursday, April 10th at 03:00 AM and expires 24 hours after it was issued.