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Forecast for the Uintas Area Mountains

Craig Gordon
Issued by Craig Gordon for
Saturday, February 19, 2022
In general, LOW avalanche danger is found across the range and Green Light conditions blanket the danger rose, suggesting human triggered avalanches are unlikely on all aspects and elevations. While most terrain is good to go, be alert to changing weather conditions and warming temperatures as the day wares on, especially if you're stepping into a big, committing line where triggering even a small slide could have major consequences which instantly throw a curve ball your way.
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Weather and Snow
NOWCAST-
Skies cleared late Friday and remained in that spirit overnight, allowing temperatures to dip into the low and mid teens across the board. Northerly winds are generally light, blowing just 10-20 mph even near the high peaks. The mid week storm had its eye on the North Slope, delivering a 9" low density snow to that zone, whilst half that amount stacked up from Trial Lake southward. In either case, it's a great reset and a fresh coat of white paint awaits your arrival.
FORECAST-
High pressure over the region delivers a stunning day with sunny skies, light winds, and high temperatures climbing into the upper 30's. Overnight lows dip into the teens.
FUTURECAST-
The graphic above lays out the timeline for late Sunday through the beginning of the work week. Looks like a decent reset with 6"-8" of snow on tap for Monday/Tuesday.
Trip reports and current state of the snowpack observations are found HERE.
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Recent Avalanches
Ted and I found the low density storm snow easily sluffed on sustained, steep slopes. Ted noted how surprised he was that such a small slide stacked up an unusual amount of snow. Ted's insight and trip report is found HERE.
No other significant avalanche activity to report.
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The avalanche danger is generally LOW and conditions pretty straight-forward, but there's a few things to keep in mind, especially if our travels take us into steep, committing terrain-
  • Yesterday, both Ted and I found the new snow reactive to our additional weight. In fact, on steep slopes facing the north half of the compass, the new snow is gouging into sugary, near surface facets, that grew weak during the January dryspell. While mostly manageable in size, today you'll want to avoid getting caught in sluffing snow that could carry you over a cliff or pile up deeper than you might expect on the uphill side of a tree or gully feature.
  • As the midweek storm exited the state, east and northeast winds blew in the 40's near the high ridges, whipping up drifts in unusual locations. Pockety in nature and found in the wind zone above treeline, today you'll wanna be on the lookout for look for and avoid any fat looking piece of snow, especially if it sounds hollow like a drum.
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General Announcements
The information in this forecast expires 24 hours after the day and time posted, but will be updated by 07:00 Sunday, February 20th.
Before it gets too crazy, now is the time to book an avalanche awareness presentation for your group, club, or posse. You can reach me directly at 801-231-2170 or [email protected]
This forecast is from the U.S.D.A. Forest Service, which is solely responsible for its content. This forecast describes general avalanche conditions and local variations always occur.
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