Please join us at the 23rd annual Black Diamond Fall Fundraiser Party Thursday Sept 15. Tickets are on sale now here, at the Black Diamond store & at REI. Special bonus raffle for online ticket purchasers! |
Please join us at the 23rd annual Black Diamond Fall Fundraiser Party Thursday Sept 15. Tickets are on sale now here, at the Black Diamond store & at REI. Special bonus raffle for online ticket purchasers! |
Advisory: Logan Area Mountains | Issued by Toby Weed for Monday - March 14, 2016 - 7:17am |
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special announcement ***Please take time to complete a quick survey that will help us better serve you in the future. HERE
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current conditions The Tony Grove Snotel at 8400' reports 30 degrees and 6 new inches of snow overnight. There's 75 inches of total snow containing 94% of average water for the date. I'm reading 25 degrees at the 9700' CSI Logan Peak weather station, with southwest winds currently averaging around 30 mph and gusting well into the 50s. The National Weather Service in Salt Lake City has issued a Winter Storm Warning for the mountains of Northern Utah, with significant accumulation and continuing strong and gusty westerly wind expected.
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recent activity
On Saturday (3-12-16) around noon, I saw a recent loose wet avalanche and stopped to gather the riders in our level 1 class. As several of us waited for the rest to join we watched as a second wet avalanche occurred right next to the first one. ***To view our updated list of backcountry observations and avalanche activity from around Utah, go to our observations page
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description
Strong southwest wind during periods of heavy snowfall overnight drifted snow into upper elevation starting zones and substantial drifting will continue throughout the day. Heightened and wind slab avalanche conditions already exist this morning in drifted upper elevation terrain, and the danger will increase and become more widespread as the storm continues in the mountains.
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LIKELY
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INCREASING DANGER
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DECREASING DANGER
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description
In some areas the new snow may not bond very well with yesterday's snow surface and soft slab avalanches involving the new snow are possible. Loose avalanches are also possible, and if the sun pops out for a bit and moistens the fresh snow, loose wet avalanches will entrain the sticky fresh snow and could become fairly large.
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weather Today: Snow showers. Some thunder is also possible. Temperature rising to near 29 by 8am, then falling to around 23 during the remainder of the day. Windy, with a west wind around 33 mph, with gusts as high as 47 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. Total daytime snow accumulation of 4 to 8 inches possible. |
general announcements The National Avalanche Center recently completed an animated tutorial on the North American Avalanche Danger Scale. Please submit snow and avalanche observations from your ventures in the backcountry HERE. You can call us at 801-524-5304 or email HERE, or include #utavy in your Instagram or Tweet us @UAClogan. To report avalanche activity in the Logan Area or to contact the local avalance forecaster call me, Toby, at 435-757-7578. We'll update this advisory throughout the season on Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday mornings by about 7:30 This advisory is produced by the U.S.D.A. Forest Service, which is solely responsible for its content. It describes only general avalanche conditions and local variations always exist.
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Advisory Hotline: (888) 999-4019 | Contact Information