Forecast for the Uintas Area Mountains
Issued by Craig Gordon on
Thursday morning, February 15, 2024
Thursday morning, February 15, 2024
Like an early 70's muscle car, a rowdy storm burns rubber across the desert, screeching around the bend on two wheels, and comes in hot... delivering elevated avy conditions to the danger rose-
Near and above treeline, particularly in the wind zone, you'll find CONSIDERABLE avalanche danger. Human triggered avalanches are LIKELY especially in terrain facing the north half of the compass. Disclaimer... don't remove this tag and don't get lulled into thinking storm snow and fresh drifts are the only avalanche game in town. Steep, rocky slopes with a shallow, weak snowpack have the potential to produce a slide that breaks deeper and wider than you might expect. Any slide that fails on weak layers buried deep in our snowpack will instantly ruin your day.
Wind and storm snow light up lower elevation terrain where you'll find MODERATE avalanche danger. Human triggered avalanches are POSSIBLE on steep wind drifted slopes around the dial.
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