Forecast for the Uintas Area Mountains
Friday, November 17, 2017
Today's new snow is creating a thick slab on top of many slopes with old, weak snow underneath that will cause avalanches at the upper elevations. Strong winds will make the problem worse and any fresh wind drifts should be avoided because they will be easy to trigger. For today above treeline, the avalanche danger is CONSIDERABLE. It's exciting to see so much new snow, and the easiest way to get out and have some fun is to simply go to low angle slope less than 30 degrees where you don't have to worry about avalanches.