Forecast for the Logan Area Mountains
Friday, December 2, 2016
Heightened avalanche conditions exist on previously drifted north facing slopes at upper elevations in the backcountry. You might trigger a deep slab avalanche, failing on weak faceted basal snow from before Thanksgiving, on a steep slope with a smooth ground surface. Drifting of existent light surface snow could cause an increase in wind slab danger as winds increase this weekend ahead of the next storm.
- Very shallow early season snow cover exists in the backcountry, and hitting rocks is still a serious concern.
- You don't want to take a ride even in a small avalanche, as you could easily be injured with the shallow snow hardly covering up the rocks and dead-fall in avalanche runout zones.