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Winter Storm Warning from the National Weather Service remains in effect through this afternoon. for the Logan Zone. The avalanche danger in the backcountry is HIGH, with very dangerous conditions as we head into the MLK Weekend.
The Tony Grove Snotel at 8400' reports 15 inches of new snow with 2.1" SWE in the last 24 hours. It's a warm 22º F and there's 65" of total snow containing 95% of average SWE. I'm reading 15º F at the 9700' CSI Logan Peak weather station, and northwest winds are currently averaging around 25 mph, with gusts of 45 mph.
The current winter storm impacting Utah will exit the state by early this afternoon. High pressure aloft will settle over the area this weekend. A new storm system will enter the Great Basin for Sunday night through Monday. This storm will bring widespread precipitation to the area to begin the week. For today, we'll see snow showers tapering off, with 3 to 5 additional inches of accumulation possible a high temperature of 38º F at 8500' and 20 to 35 mph west-northwest winds with gusts around 40 mph are expected. Tonight we'll see low temperatures around 15º F, rising into the mid twenties, and 11 to 18 mph west wind, veering from the south.
-Natural avalanches were spotted on James Peak with breif clearing yesterday, and it was a very active day yesterday for snow safety teams across the state with numerous large avalanches reported.
A large avalanche occurred Saturday morning (1/12/19) on the east side of Logan Peak in the Fairgrounds Bowl. It was probably remote triggered by riders in the area. See report
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Thanks to Ryan Thompson for the photography
That brings the number of unintentionally human triggered avalanches in the Logan Zone that we know of up to 8 in 2019. (all since 1/4/19) The list of recent avalanches in the Logan Zone list is
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