La Sal Mountains
A snowy, wintry day is in store up in the mountains today and riding and turning conditions will be vastly improved. Overnight, 5" of medium to light density snow has fallen above the Geyser Pass Trailhead. The snow has fallen "right side up" meaning it came in denser with warmer temperatures, and has gradually lightened up as temperatures have dropped. Snow will continue to fall today with another 5-9" possible. Winds howled yesterday, averaging 25-35 mph from the SW and gusting to near 50 along ridge tops. They backed down into the single digits for a few hours last night but are currently averaging 15 mph with gusts to 28. Winds will continue to calm and shift to more northwesterly. High temperatures at 10,000' will be around 25 degrees, and it is currently 13.
Winds and Temperature on Pre-Laurel Peak (11,705')
Temperature and new snow totals in Gold Basin (10,050')
Total snow depth and temperature near Geyser Pass Trailhead (9850')
Abajo Mountains
Camp Jackson is reporting a couple inches of new snow. Winds on Abajo Peak yesterday outdid Pre-Laurel averaging 25-30 mph and gusting to near 60! Low snow conditions still prevail but we'll keep our fingers crossed for some significant snow totals today.
Winds and temperature on Abajo Peak (11,330')
Snow totals at Camp Jackson (8968')