Now is a great time to dial in your safety gear, including putting fresh new batteries in your beacons! Local shops across the state will be handing out free
Batteries for Beacons from now until February 1, 2025. All you need to do is fill out a quick survey and grab the AAA or AA batteries you need to keep your beacon fresh this season. Find participating shops and more info
here.
Happy Solstice!
Under clear skies, the mountain temperatures range from 22 °F at low-elevation trailheads to 37 °F at 10,000'. The wind has picked up from the southwest, blowing 10-20 mph with gusts into the 20s across the upper elevation terrain. The free air (11,000') is blowing 30-35 mph gusting into the 40s.
Today, we will see an increase in southwest wind as high pressure slides east as a storm passes overhead through Idaho and Montana. We will only see passing clouds at times. Temperatures will rise into the mid-40s °F once again. Southwest wind is forecast to blow 10-20 mph with gusts into the 20s and 30s.
We will see a small storm Sunday evening into Monday with a few inches of snow. Another storm is on tap for Christmas with what looks to be a pattern change to ring in the new year. Fingers crossed, we get some snow!
The last avalanche activity reported from the backcountry occurred on Tuesday: (1) in
Days Fork and (2)
Scotts Peak along the Park City ridgeline. These avalanches were on northeast aspects and 2 feet deep, with the Days Fork avalanche 800 feet wide, each failing on our buried persistent weak layer.
Find all observations
HERE.
