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Wednesday, December 4 - USU KBYG (Know Before You Go) Night, USU ARC
Today, in the Logan Zone, people could trigger avalanches in the backcountry. Weak, sugary, or faceted snow from early November is widespread in upper-elevation terrain. Tuesday's snowfall probably overloaded some slopes with poor snow structure, causing elevated avalanche danger on upper-elevation slopes steeper than 30°. In exposed terrain, drifting built stiffer wind slabs on the underlying weak snow, and wind slab avalanches are possible. Although there may not be enough snow on many slopes to bury you, a ride over rocks in even a small avalanche could be quite dangerous.
- The 8500' Tony Grove Snotel reports 18°F and 21 inches of total snow on the ground. It's 15°F at the 8800' UAC Card Canyon weather station, with 23 inches of total snow.
- Currently at 9700' at the CSI Logan Peak weather station, it's 17°F and the wind is blowing from the southwest 31 mph, with gusts to 37 mph. At 9500' on UAC Paris Peak it's 12°F, and winds are from the west 22 to 29 mph.
- Today, expect sunny skies, with 8500' high temperatures around 23°F and winds will blow from the west around 6 to 10 mph.
Tonight, it will be mostly clear, temperatures will drop to around 13°F, and winds from the west will blow 7 mph.
Tomorrow, it will be sunny. Expect high temperatures around 28°F and winds will blow from the west 6 to 8 mph.
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A high-pressure system will continue to control the weather, and we can expect stable atmospheric conditions, fair weather in the mountains, and haze in the valleys for at least the next week.
Observers this week reported triggering a few audible collapses or "whumpfs" in generally north-facing terrain above around 8000' in elevation. These triggered collapses indicate unstable snow.
Thanksgiving Day, Snowboarders or skiers triggered a small soft slab avalanche in west Miller Bowl. The small avalanche was about 20 feet wide and perhaps 7 inches deep.
