Huge thanks to Tyler St. Jeor and the amazing crew at Wasatch County Search and Rescue for organizing and hosting Saturday night's Avy Awareness presentation. Also a big shout out to everyone who attended, especially those of you who generously donated to the UAC. It was great to see the usual suspects, but even more awesome to see lots of new faces looking to stay on top of the Greatest Snow on Earth... thanks for all the support. Click here for more info on our January sled specific avy class and here for the February class.
Heads up- Plowing operations have ceased for Mirror Lake Highway. Wolf Creek Pass is still mostly pavement and access to avalanche terrain is relatively easy. Remember... just cause you can see your rig from a ridgeline doesn't necessarily make the terrain any safer and triggering even a small slide this time of year will reveal stumps, rocks, and general nastiness, easily ruining your day or perhaps your season.
Ted Scroggin photo
A nice little shot of snow settled into the region in the past few hours, quickly delivering a North Slope specific 4" of light density snow. Looks like 2" fell on the south half of the range. In either case, the bummer is... west and southwest winds ramped up overnight and are cranking into the 40's with gusts to 60 mph along the high peaks. Temperatures are teens and low 20's and total snow depths have settled to right around 24".
Real time wind, snow, and temperatures for the Uinta's are found here.
Recent observations are found here.
Not a lot of snow falling from those clouds, but just enough to help freshen things up. Excellent early season riding conditions are found on low angle, grassy slopes. Scroggin photo.
No recent avalanche activity to report.