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Sunday, April 14th will be the last of our regularly scheduled Uinta forecasts.
Not quite a "bomb cyclone", but wow... what a North Slope-centric storm! For a few extra bucks, yesterday's storm system stepped it up a notch, ordered the super-sized version, and then lit up the north half of the range with just over 24" of snow and 2" of H2O. Storm totals diminish the further south you move through the range, but still offer a respectable coat of white paint with 18" stacking up in the high country. Even the trailheads got in on the action with nearly 12" of fresh snow. This morning, clouds hang over the region and temperatures are in the teens. Along the high ridges northerly winds crank in the 30's and 40's delivering wind chill values below zero. On a go anywhere base, riding and turning conditions are about as good as they get, especially in wind sheltered terrain.
No updated mesowest data... note the 10:00 PM time stamp on hourly snow and water totals from Chalk Creek (9,169')
A different network Windy Peak (10,662') offers real-time info.
To view more regional weather stations click
here.
Over-the-hood- and over-the-head... Ted was in the Gold Hill environs yesterday and reports amazing coverage and ridiculously deep snow! More on his travels and insight found
here.
No significant avalanche activity to report from yesterday, but visibility was similar to being trapped inside a ping pong ball. The image above illustrates the new snow/old snow layering in wind sheltered terrain.
Recent trip reports and avy activity found
HERE.