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Forecast for the Provo Area Mountains

Drew Hardesty
Issued by Drew Hardesty on
Sunday morning, November 8, 2026

Early season conditions exist and the most significant hazard will be getting tripped up over thinly buried rocks, stumps, and deadfall. Triggering an avalanche in the highest elevations is unlikely but not impossible. You may encounter thin slabs of wind drifted snow sitting above old weak sugary snow. Remember that any early season avalanche involvement is more likely to involve traumatic injury.

Any time you're traveling in where there's snow right now, particularly in the higher elevations, we would encourage taking a beacon, shovel, probe, and a partner.

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Weather and Snow

It's still VERY EARLY in the season and there's really only 10-20" of snow in the highest elevations and what is there is a mix of crusts, weak sugar snow and thin slabs of wind drifted snow. Much of the snow on the solar aspects has - or will soon - burn off.

Enjoy another week of autumn. Days will be mostly sunny, warm, and with light wind. A weak cold front arrives early Tuesday, but temperatures and sunny skies rebound for the remainder of the week. The weather models hint at a pattern change for late next weekend. We'll see.

Recent Avalanches

We’ve had very few observations from the Provo area mountains, but Uintas forecaster Ben VandenBos grabbed some great photos of wet loose avalanches just south of North Peak on Timpanogos. (See photos below). These likely ran during the rain-on-snow event.

If you’re getting out, keep submitting and checking observations.

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We've gotten little information from the Provo Mountains during this early season, but Ben VandenBos - our new forecaster for the Uintas - has also been traveling in the Provo region, and his photo below from the upper reaches of Timpanogos via Aspen Grove on October 27 shows over 2' of wind-drifted snow in places.

With clear skies forecast over the next week, any existing snow on northerly aspects is likely to weaken, and may form a weak layer once it becomes buried by future storms.

Additional Information

It's never too early to start thinking about avalanches. Here are a few things to consider doing:

  • Learn online. We have over 5 hours of free online learning at the Know Before You Go website
  • Check out the upcoming in-person Know Before You Go events HERE
  • Sign up for an on-snow class
  • Check out the UAC's education progression HERE
  • Get your avalanche rescue gear ready for winter. Put fresh batteries in your transceiver and update the firmware. Inspect your shovel and probe. Get your airbag backpack ready by possibly doing a test deployment and updating the firmware if it is an electric version or getting your canister refilled if it's not electronic.
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