Clouds streamed into the region overnight keeping low temperatures hovering right around freezing. Southerly winds crank into the 30's along the high ridges, ahead of a large low pressure system slated to pump moisture into the region through the weekend. Riding and turning conditions are a bit underwhelming. Sunny slopes are crusted and old tracks feel like curb and gutter. While on the other side of the compass, soft settled snow is a dwindling commodity, but still found on wind sheltered, shady slopes.
Above are 24 hour temperatures and snow depth near Trial Lake along with winds and temperatures from Windy Peak. More remote Uinta weather stations are found here
It might be a chore getting there, but upper elevation terrain still harbors soft snow. (Scroggin images)
Ted was in Whitnety Basin yesterday and found a mixed bag of riding condtions and mostly stable snow.
Weston D was in Weber Canyon and found damp, manky snow on all but the highest north facing terrain. (Deutschlander image)
More on their travels along with a great body of recent trip reports, observations, and snow data here.
Heads up.... until the snowpack cools off, this is the type of avalanche we're dealing with today.
Two recent sled triggered avalanches on the south half of the range. Upper image is a northeast facing slope at about 8,200' near the Mill Hollow Trailhead. Bottom Image is a southeast facing slope near Currant Creek Peak at 10,400' in elevation. Common theme is both slides were a couple feet deep and broke close to the ground on weak, faceted snow.
A list of recent avalanches is found here.