Avalanche forecast

Uintas

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Avalanche danger

  • Alpine
  • Treeline
  • Below treeline
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Highlights

Today's avalanche hazard is pretty straightforward and easily managed with terrain choices which include aspect, elevation, and slope angle-

In the wind zone, at and above treeline you'll find MODERATE avalanche danger and human triggered avalanches are POSSIBLE, especially on steep, wind drifted, leeward slopes facing the north half of the compass.

And here's something to consider... if you're getting into steep, technical terrain, even a small slide can knock you off your ride, potentially slam you into a tree, and throw a curve ball at your day.

Lose some elevation and you lose most of the problem and get some great riding to boot!

Mid and low elevation wind sheltered terrain offers generally LOW avalanche danger.

Avalanche problems

  • Wind Slabs

    • Alpine
    • Treeline
    • Below treeline
    Likelihood
    Possible
    Size
    2

    Strong winds and a little fresh snow create wind drifts sensitive to our additional. It's a fairly straight-forward avalanche problem with most of our issues confined to steep, leeward, upper elevation terrain. But remember... strong winds cross-load terrain features like chutes and gullies and load snow lower downslope than we usually expect to see. In either case, as snow begins stacking up, look for and avoid fat, rounded pillows of snow, especially if they sound or feel hollow like a drum.

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Recent Activity

No significant avalanche activity to report

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Snow and Weather

Nowcast-

High clouds drifted into the region last night and temperatures remained rather mild overnight, currently reading in the high 20's and mid to upper 30's. Southwest winds began ramping up late Friday and continue on this trend this morning with hourly averages in the 50's and gusts near 70 mph along the high peaks. There's a variety of riding conditions out there this morning and a mixed bag of snow surfaces... none offer a "drop everything you're doing" kind of urgency. Snow develops in the next couple of hours, so maybe get a few chores done, wait for some fresh snow to stack up and get after it later in the day.

Forecast-

Southwest winds nuke through late morning and then shift to the west-northwest and decrease as a cold front crosses our region right around suppertime. Snow begins stacking up in earnest and temperatures dive into the 20's with the arrival of colder, more unstable air. In addition, lightening is a good possibility. A good shot of snow stacks up 8"-10" by the time things wind down overnight.

Futurecast-

Snow showers linger into Sunday morning, a break Monday, and then a slightly stronger storm for late Monday/Tuesday.

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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.

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