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
Yesterday's little storm piled up 7" of light density snow on the North Slope with amounts measuring about half that much from Trial Lake southward. West and southwest winds have calmed down a bit and are averaging 20-30 mph along the high ridges. I hope you remembered to plug that block heater in because temperatures are in fuel gelling zone. Most stations are reporting single digits and along the ridges it's in the negative territory, with wind chill factors registering -25 degrees. Total snow depths average 18"-24".
Real time wind, snow, and temperatures for the Uinta's are found here.
Recent observations are found here.
No recent avalanche activity to report.