Forecast for the Uintas Area Mountains
Saturday morning, December 13, 2025
Making up a very small portion of our terrain, today you'll find pockets of MODERATE avalanche danger on upper elevation slopes, especially those facing the north half of the compass in the windzone, at and above treeline. Becoming more the exception than the rule, human-triggered avalanches breaking several feet deep, failing on weak snow near the ground are still POSSIBLE. I continue avoiding the usual suspects- steep, rocky, leeward slopes, where dense, hard wind-drifts resting on top of weak, faceted snow may still react to my additional weight.
Note to self... unusually warm December temperatures may help initiate a round of damp slides and sluffs at lower elevations. So, if I'm Christmas tree hunting I'll wanna steer clear of terrain traps like road cuts, stream beds, or gullies where a healthy amount of avalanche debris could pile up.


