Bollettino valanghe

Uintas

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Pericolo valanghe

  • Alta quota
  • Limite del bosco
  • Sotto il limite del bosco
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In sintesi

From tip to tail and around the compass, the avalanche danger is generally LOW and human triggered avalanches are UNLIKELY.

Remember... LOW danger doesn't meanBlindly Go danger, and there might be a rogue, fresh drift or two reactive to our additional weight, especially in big, open alpine terrain. I often remind myself the Uinta's are a big place, so I gather snowpack intel throughout the day to help make solid decisions, especially if my travels take me onto sustained, steep, committing slopes.

Problemi valanghivi

  • Persistent Slabs

    • Alta quota
    • Limite del bosco
    • Sotto il limite del bosco
    Probabilità
    Unlikely
    Dimensione
    2

    I think you'd be hard pressed to trigger an avalanche today, but remember, we do still have some structurally challenged snow hanging around in steep, rocky terrain on the north half of the compass. And even though the snowpack is beginning to relax and the likelihood of triggering a deep, dangerous avalanche is decreasing, we gotta be on our game, particularly when we start stepping into bigger terrain and gunning for more creative objectives..

    Remember... all we need to do is find a thin portion of the snowpack like around a rock or bush, collapse the slope (whumpf), and now we're staring down the barrel of a bigger avalanche than we bargained for. Although the chance of triggering a big slide is unlikely, I'm still avoiding steep, rocky slopes, with a shallow, weak snowpack.

Recent Activity

There have been no significant avalanches reported from across the range in over a week.

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Snow and Weather

Nowcast - At o'dark thirty, high clouds and cooler air meander through the Uinta zone. Temperatures are largely uniform, registering in the low 20's °F while winds blowing from the northwest hum along in the 20 mph range near the high peaks.

Forecast - Look for partly cloudy skies with high temperatures hovering in the low to mid 30's °F. Winds blowing from the northwest bump into the 30's early this morning, before tapering off as the day wares on. Overnight lows dip into the teens.

Futurecast - Rinse and repeat weather until late Friday when it looks like storminess slides into the Beehive State. Unfortunately, this system needs a little desert time and has its sights set on the southern half of the state. A return to high, dry, clear, and cool to wrap up the last week of January.

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Travel Conditions - Supportable snow depths across the range step onto the scales in the flyweight category with just 1'-4' of settled snow above 9,000'. Below that, and on many solar aspects, the pack is thin or even non-existent, and access is a challenging mixed bag of patience and perseverance... with a little suffer-fest thrown in to keep ya honest.

Ted and I stomped around in the east Moffit cul de sac yesterday and found cold, recycled powder on upper elevation, wind sheltered, polar terrain. Disclaimer... powder is becoming an elusive, unicorn-esque commodity and takes a little homework to score.

I know you came for the snow, but I have a room with a view from the shoulder of Moffit Peak looking into Weber Canyon.

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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 Wednesday, January 21st at 0330 AM and expires 24 hours after it was issued. We'll update this information by 07:00 AM tomorrow

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