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Danger d’avalanche

  • Alpin
  • Limite forestière
  • Sous la limite forestière
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Points saillants

Heads up... a significant weather pattern change is on tap for next week and the days of "ride it if it's white" avy danger are gonna be short-lived.

For today, paddling into the lineup of the Uinta range, most terrain offers generally LOW avalanche hazard and human triggered avalanches are UNLIKELY.

I remember hearing Low avy danger doesn't mean No avy danger. In fact, that mantra suggests that as I stretch my wings and think of bigger terrain objectives, I continually gather information, and avoid slopes and terrain features in the windzone that look rounded, pillowed, or sound hollow like a drum.

Problèmes avalancheux

  • Persistent Slabs

    • Alpin
    • Limite forestière
    • Sous la limite forestière
    Probabilité
    Unlikely
    Taille
    1

    Above treeline, on steep, wind-loaded slopes, especially those with with an easterly component, hardened slabs resting above faceted snow (persistent weak layer) are cracking, collapsing, and reacting to our additional weight. While the chances of waking up this avalanche dragon are decreasing, if you're getting after it on sustained, steep terrain in the alpine, remember even a small slide in consequential terrain could turn nasty if it strains us through trees, rocks, or over cliffs.

    Fortunately, we can avoid this problem by seeking wind sheltered terrain out of the alpine where we're greeted with more straight-forward avalanche danger and protected, cold, recycled powder.

    Earlier this week, Ted and I staged out of Smith-Moorehouse to gain access to the North Slope.... all the deets of our travels are found HERE.

Recent Activity

Yesterday, Ted was in the Whitney Basin and noted an older pocket likely triggered by cornice fall in the Moffit zone.

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Snow and Weather

Nowcast - A weak cool front slid the the region overnight, delivering nuthin' but clear, pre-dawn skies overhead. At o'dark thirty, temperatures start the day in the mid 20's °F across the board, while winds blow 15-20 mph from the west and southwest near the high peaks.

Forecast - A beautiful day is on tap with mostly sunny skies, light winds, and high temperatures climbing into the low 40's °F.

Futurecast - Rinse and repeat weather is in the queue for Sunday and then a fast moving storm ushers in cloudy skies by early Monday. Snow develops Monday afternoon into Tuesday. It's a quick hitter, but opens the door to continued storminess through the week. We'll tune up the forecast with a little more accuracy for tomorrow, but the main message is... a very welcome change from the stagnant weather pattern is on the horizon!

Check out the Uinta Weather Network here!

Travel Conditions -

Ground to the left of me, sun-bake to the right.... here I am stuck in the middle with you.

Conditions at the Bear River Trailhead look rather underwhelming at first glance, but gain some elevation and you'll see the Uinta's are performing closer to average this season than meets the eye. Snow depths vary from 1-3' across the range above 9,000' with a mostly right-side up snowpack. In general, protected polars continue to weaken but are riding well thanks to our Christmas Eve rain crust keeping us off the ground. Higher isn't necessarily better, as alpine terrain above treeline has been getting torched by recent winds.

General Announcements

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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. This forecast was issued on Saturday, February 7th at 0300 AM and expires 24 hours after it was issued. We'll update this information by 07:00 AM tomorrow

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