I hope you got it whilst the gettin' was good. Yesterday was probably the last day you were able to work on your ridgetop weather stations in shorts and flipflops. Yup, we've been super busy this summer upgrading the western Uinta weather station network and this real-time info is found
HERE (
there's some early season hoops to jump through, but please be patient with the prompts, click weather stations, and then on Western Uinta tab)
SAVE THE DATE and TAKE A DATE-
Grab your riding posse and sign up for the 15th Annual
Utah Snow and Avalanche Workshop (USAW). It's two nights of solid avy education, delivered by a remarkable group of presenters, all delivered virtually to the comfort of your own home... November 2nd and 9th. Sign up and get more info for the
first session HERE and the
second session HERE.
The
Avalanche Professional and Ski Patrol Snow and Avalanche Workshop (PROSAW) will be during the day of November 7th. Sign up and get more info
HERE.
Additional Training Opportunities-
It's never to early to start thinking about avalanches. A few things to consider doing:
Attend USAW and learn more about avalanches and decision making.
Sign up for an avalanche class.
Take the
online courses listed on the KBYG website (Develop skills -> Online Learning).
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 update the firmware if it is an electric version.
Strong south winds developed overnight and a band of moisture is working its way into the far reaches of northern Utah early this morning, signaling a huge change to our spectacularly long stretch of stunning autumn weather. And just like that... we transition from trail running, mountain biking, and leaf peeping to getting our winter groove on. As the landscape changes we also need to make the inevitable mindset shift towards winter as there's a good chance we're looking at over a foot of snow stacking up in our high terrain this weekend.
Stay tuned. We'll be watching each storm and publishing intermittent updates.
