Logan

The backcountry avalanche danger is LOW. The snow is mostly stable, and avalanches are unlikely.

• Use normal caution. Watch for and avoid recently drifted snow at upper elevations and saturated, sun-softened snow on sheltered sunny slopes in the midday heat.

  We will update this forecast on Wednesday morning.

• Now is a great time to practice your avalanche rescue skills. Thanks to the generous support of Northstar, the Franklin Basin Beacon Training Park is up and running. The park is located directly west of the parking lot and is open for anyone to use. All you need is your beacon and probe. Please do not dig up the transmitters.
• Thanks to the generous support of our local resorts and Ski Utah, discount lift tickets are now available. Support the UAC while you ski at the resorts this season. Tickets are available HERE.

No avalanches were reported recently in the Logan Zone.

Check HERE for all the latest observations and avalanche activity.

Now is a great time to take advantage of nice weather and LOW avalanche danger in the backcountry, so get out there and explore the mountains with your family and friends. You can find nice smooth shallow "powder" in sheltered areas, and the snow is generally stable across the Logan Zone. We've been finding the best riding conditions on lower-angled slopes in sheltered, shaded terrain. As you'd expect after a month of dry weather conditions, variable snow surface conditions are found in most places, ranging from soft and shallow recrystallized powder to breakable and bulletproof crusts.

We found some nice shallow powder Friday in sheltered low angled terrain. Burn Bowl 2-4-2022

The 8400' Tony Grove Snotel reports a balmy 29°F, and there is 66 inches of total snow containing 110% of normal SWE for the date. Winds out of the northwest are blowing around 23 mph this morning at the 9700' CSI Logan Peak weather station. It will be sunny in the mountains again today, with a high temperature at 8500' around 32°F and 10 to 15 mph west winds. Tonight, temperatures will drop to around 14°F, with slightly elevated, 16 to 18 mph west winds. It will be a little warmer, around 33°F, and sunny again tomorrow with a 15 mph breeze from the west-northwest. The static and way too dry weather, dominated by the blocking high pressure off the California Coast, will continue through the upcoming week and next weekend.

Snow surface conditions are quite varied across the Logan Zone, but crusts of all different types are pretty easy to find. (Flygare, 2-4-2022)

Several crusts are complicating matters in the upper layers of the snowpack across the Logan Zone. Weak layers are developing above, below, and between them, and we expect this trend to continue along with the fair weather....

In some areas the snow under the early January rain-crust is getting real weak and sugary. Here is a picture of chains of faceted crystals that have formed under it. (2-3-2022)

• Always follow safe backcountry travel protocols. Go one person at a time in avalanche terrain, while the rest of your party watches from a safe area. (practice anytime while traveling on or under backcountry slopes steeper than 30°)
• Check your avalanche rescue equipment, change your batteries, and practice often with your backcountry partners. Check slope angles, and to avoid avalanche terrain stay off of and out from under slopes steeper than 30° and adjacent slopes. Video Here

Special thank you to Polaris and Northstar...Video Here

Who's up for some free avalanche training? Get a refresher, become better prepared for an upcoming avalanche class, or just boost your skills. Go to https://learn.kbyg.org/ and scroll down to Step 2 for a series of interactive online avalanche courses produced by the UAC.

• Check out all the upcoming education classes and clinics HERE.
• Please submit your observations from the backcountry HERE.

This information does not apply to developed ski areas or highways where avalanche control is normally done. 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.