Forecast for the Uintas Area Mountains
Issued by Craig Gordon for
Tuesday, January 11, 2022
Tuesday, January 11, 2022
The good news... weak, basal layers near the ground are trending towards dormancy and with a little patience, we're gonna be able to start stepping out into big terrain. For the moment though, avalanche danger still remains tricky.
CONSIDERABLE avalanche danger exists near and above treeline, especially in the wind zone. While not widespread and becoming pockety in nature, deep, dangerous, human triggered avalanches are LIKELY, especially in steep, rocky terrain, with a shallow, weak, snowpack.
While more straight-forward, human triggered avalanches are possible on steep, shady, wind drifted slopes at mid elevations where a MODERATE avalanche danger is found.
On a go-anywhere base with a little cream on top, there's no shortage of great riding options with less dangerous avalanche conditions. You'll find generally LOW avalanche danger today on slopes facing the south half of the compass and terrain less than 30 degrees in steepness.
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