Uintas

In general, LOW avalanche danger is found across the board and Green Light conditions blanket the danger rose, suggesting human triggered avalanches are unlikely on all aspects and elevations. While most terrain is good to go, be alert to changing weather conditions as the day wares on, especially if you're stepping into a big, committing line where triggering even a small slide could have major consequences which instantly throw a curve ball your way.

No significant avalanche activity to report

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NOWCAST-

High clouds drift over the region, southwest winds blow in the 30's, and temperatures remained rather warm overnight, registering in the mid to upper 20's... yup, the warm before a weak storm is slated to slide through the area in the next few hours.

FORECAST-

Hard to call this mornings weather wiggle a storm, but there may be enough dynamics leftover to squeeze a couple traces of moisture out of today's splitting cold front. As the morning progresses, look for increasing clouds with southwest winds blowing in the 40's and 50's along the high ridges. After a rather mild start, temperatures dive into the teens overnight as cold air filters into the area.

FUTURECAST-

A trailing cold front slides through the area Wednesday and that might offer the best shot of accumulating snow with an optimistic 2"-4" stacking up by sunset. High pressure rounds out the work week.

Chad took his Brackpack for a super, pre-Super Bowl tour near Soapstone and found a variety of snow surface conditions. In between old tracks, wind funk, and varying degrees of supportable suncrusts, Chad's posse found a few patches of soft snow on mid elevation, sheltered slopes. His very informative and most excellent trip report is found HERE.

Trip reports and current state of the snowpack observations are found HERE.

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The information in this forecast expires 24 hours after the day and time posted, but will be updated by 07:00 Wednesday, February 16th.

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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.