Logan

With stable snow in the backcountry, avalanches are unlikely, and the danger is LOW.

Usual caution and good situational awareness are recommended for mountain travel.

No recent avalanches were reported in the Logan Zone. Snow safety crews yesterday triggered a couple of impressive avalanches that ran on the sugary November persistent weak layer near the ground with explosives and a snowcat in Summit County.

• Local observations are available HERE.
• Visit our avalanche page to check out this season’s activity across Utah.

The Tony Grove Snotel at 8400' reports 42 inches of total snow, with overnight temperatures again around freezing. The CSI Logan Peak weather station at 9700' reports 27° F and 15 mph winds blowing from the south-southwest. Temperatures are hovering around 30°F at the new Card Canyon weather station with 32" of total snow on the ground. Today will be partly sunny and mild in the mountains, with high temperatures around 35°F at 8500'. Snow is likely this weekend, with 1 to 3 inches of accumulation possible in the mountains tomorrow.

We found stable snow and decent snow conditions in the Central Bear River Range yesterday. The recent warmth and cloud cover damaged the feathery surface hoar, and thin crusts cap moist sugary surface snow (consisting of near-surface facets). A few inches of snow that is possible this weekend will do a lot to freshen things up, while it will take quite a bit more than expected to increase the avalanche danger.

We found better than expected, smooth and fast, soft snow conditions in the Central Bear River Range yesterday. There really isn’t any powder but we found very good stability, easy traveling, and decent coverage.

This fall, we installed two new weather stations in the Logan Zone. The Paris Peak Weather Station (available HERE) and the Card Canyon Weather Station (available HERE)

The Card Canyon weather station on Red Pine Ridge looks at 8700' total snow depth (with 32” on the ground today).

• Taking time to check your companion rescue gear and practice with your transceiver is essential. Watch a short video here.
• IMPORTANT: Read Mark's blog about electromagnetic interference of avalanche transceivers HERE.
• We will update this forecast tomorrow morning before 7:30 AM.

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.