Throughout the storm, winds have been all over the place and today you'll find no shortage of fresh wind drifts, especially along the leeward side of upper elevation ridges and around terrain features like chutes and gullies. Fat and rounded in their appearance, today's wind drifts are gonna be reactive to the additional weight of a person and may break deeper and wider than you expect. Remember... snow cover remains thin and any slide triggered today has the possibility to uncover stumps, rocks, or deadfall, resulting in an unexpected and traumatic ride.

In general, we're off to a good start in the Uinta's and our weak snow issues are isolated to a handful of upper elevation slopes facing the north half of the compass... think of places like Murdock Bowl which retained snow from late September. While making up a small portion of the terrain available to ride in, if your travels take you into steep, upper elevation, north facing terrain, remember that any avalanche you trigger has the possibility of breaking into old snow, creating a deep, dangerous slide. With all the great riding out there why even pull on the dogs tail? Practice some patience, avoid those slopes, and carve deep trenches on the sunny slopes.