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Kernpunkte

Heads up...dangerous avalanche conditions developed overnight-

In upper elevation terrain in the wind zone, deceptively tricky avalanche conditions exist on steep, wind drifted slopes, especially those with an easterly component to its aspect. You'll find HIGH avalanche danger in terrain with these characteristics and human triggered avalanches are VERY LIKELY. Any avalanche triggered may break to weak snow near the ground, creating a larger avalanche than you might've bargained for.

Winds are drifting snow onto leeward, mid elevation slopes and fresh drifts may break deeper and wider than you might expect. Steep, wind drifted slopes offer a CONSIDERABLE avalanche danger and human triggered avalanches are LIKELY.

Just the shear amount of new snow warrants a heads up on steep, lower elevation terrain where a MODERATE avalanche danger is foundand human triggered slides and sluffs are possible.

Sure it's getting sketchy out there, but it doesn't mean we can't ride. We simply need to stay off of and out from under steep, wind drifted slopes and head to big open meadows.

Lawinenprobleme

  • Wind Slabs

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    Local legend and snowpack guru JG was in the Hoyt Peak zone yesterday and here's his take on current conditions... "Moderate to strong winds were moving copious amount of soft snow today and wind slabs were sensitive, even in the semi protected areas I was traveling. Wind was affecting snow at all elevations, crossloading terrain features and loading starting zones. You'll want to be watching for these tomorrow." More on JG's travels found here.

    Yep... winds continue changing the landscape and there's no shortage of fresh snow to work with. Today's drifts are gonna be slightly more stubborn than yesterday's hyper-sensitive slabs, but once triggered, can break deeper and wider than you might expect. Most prevalent on upper elevation leeward slopes, there might also be a fresh drift or two cross-loaded onto mid elevation terrain features like chutes and gullies. In either case, your best bet for avoidance is to simply steer clear of any fat, rounded piece of snow, especially if it sounds hollow like a drum.

  • Persistent Slabs

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    This weeks storm snow and water are starting to stack up and last nights strong winds along with continued snowfall is beginning to wake up some of our persistent weak layers buried in the mid portion of our snowpack. As as a matter of fact, I think in some zones that have a thin snowpack, especially terrain that avalanched earlier this year, we might be teetering on the edge.

    Making matters more complicated than unusual is... we've got persistent weaknesses on all aspects of the compass, particularly in upper elevation terrain. And the bottom line is... anything persistent in our pack is tricky, can take long periods of time to heal, and our usual "bag of tricks" observations, particularly when we don't see avalanche activity, often suggest false "green light" conditions. So that means, you can ride some slopes and be good to go, while others just wait for us to roll along and knock the legs out from underneath. And here's the danger... once initiated, avalanches have a distinct possibility of breaking deeper and wider than you might expect.

    Take home-

    Let's keep our eyes on the prize.

    We're in a stormy pattern and additional weight will test the myriad of snowpack structures, depths, and strength.

  • Storm Slabs

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    We've had a lot of new snow this week and now its stacking up around our trailheads and at lower elevations. Remember... even if you're headed out for a trail run, snowshoe, dog walk, or family sled adventure, be aware of steep slopes above and adjacent to where you're playing and avoid terrain traps like gullies and streambeds.

Recent Activity

Our snowpack is beginning to reveal its weak cards. With a little coercing, this nicely connected, hard wind slab broke into weak snow near the ground, on a steep, upper elevation, northeast aspect in the wind zone.

To view additional trip reports and recent avalanche activity, simply click here.

Snow and Weather

Currently-

The gift that keeps giving... just keeps giving! Another 6" of snow fell yesterday adding to the impressively deep storm totals that now tally just over 36". With yet another storm system on tap for today, clouds thicken as I type, and southwest winds scream into the 50's and 60's along the high ridges. Current temperatures register in the mid teens and low 20's. Riding and turning conditions are about as good as they get, but you'll need to seek out wind sheltered terrain today which offers deep, cold, creamy snow.

Above is a 24 hour data set from Lofty Lake Peak (11,186') showing the bump in overnight winds.

Uinta weather network info is found here. Simply click on the Western Uinta tab.

For today-

Look for mostly cloudy skies with snow developing midday. An additional 3"-6" of snow quickly stacks up. Temperatures rise into the teens and mid 20's, and westerly winds blow 30-50 mph with gusts in the 70's along the high peaks this morning before diminishing as the day progresses.

Futurecast-

Expect a break for Wednesday and Thursday, with another storm slated for late Thursday/Friday. STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS and a significant warming trend are expected Wednesday into Thursday. The next round of snow will mainly come Thursday night into Friday morning.

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General Announcements

The information in this forecast expires in 24 hours, but will be updated by 7:00 AM Wednesday Jan. 15th.

This forecast is updated daily by 7:00 AM.

In the mean-time, if you see or trigger an avalanche or just wanna let me know what you're seeing you can reach me directly at 801-231-2170

It'll be a minute or two before we're riding, but while you're waiting....

This is a great time of year to schedule one of our free avy awareness presentations.

You can email me directly [email protected]

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