Seasonal closures are in place for the Mirror Lake Highway and currently, there's no winter maintenance or plowing.
If you missed the 13th Annual Utah Snow and Avalanche Workshop, the recordings are available for purchase from the UAC Store.
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Nowcast-
Skies are clear and temperatures in the low 20's. West and southwest winds blow 15-25 mph along the high ridges.
Forecast-
A weak weather system brings an increase in cloud cover along with southwest winds Sunday.
Futurecast-
A more promising storm slides through the region Monday through Monday night bringing the next chance for snow with accumulations in the 3"-7" range..
Our shallow snowpack has some strength and body to it and Ted noted, "Although the snowpack is generally around two feet deep, more up higher, the conditions are looking good. I found some old late October snow near the ground that looked weak and sugary, but it was damp and I could make a snow ball with it."
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Filled in now and tough to make out in the image above, but Ted noted a natural slide on the steep, heavily wind loaded slope of Murdock Bowl near Bald Mountain Pass, that ran earlier this week as a result of Monday's big winds.
Things are quiet now, but remember- even a small avalanche this time of year will instantly end your season if you slam into a rock, or stump, or get raked through deadfall. But that doesn't mean you can't ride, you just need to tone it down a few notches. As a matter of fact, you can still have a blast on lower angle terrain.
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