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Sunday, April 14th will be the last of our regularly scheduled Uinta forecasts.
A moist, northwest flows keeps unsettled weather going throughout the day. As a matter of fact, a band of snow showers is developing as I type, and should slide into the region before dawn. Currently, under mostly cloudy skies temperatures remain winter-like, hovering in the teens. Along the high ridges northerly winds are light, blowing less than 20 mph. On a phat, white, go-anywhere base, riding and turning conditions remain quite good, especially on mid elevation wind sheltered slopes.
No updated mesowest data... note the 11:00 PM time stamp on hourly snow and water totals from Chalk Creek (9,169')
A different network Lofty Lake Peak (11,186') offers real-time info.
To view more regional weather stations click
here.
Northerly winds blew upslope, essentially throwing a cargo net over large swaths of open terrain like in the image above.
While not particularly widespread, Michael J notes.... "My stability tests showed a weak layer about 4 inches below the melt-freeze crust but my ECT failed to propagate. On my way out I was kicking some new snow off a cornice and was caught by surprise when the old snow failed behind my feet." More on Micheal's travels in Weber Canyon are found
here.
No significant avalanche activity to report from yesterday, but visibility was hit or miss. The image above illustrates the new snow/old snow layering Ted found on the North Slope in wind sheltered terrain.
Recent trip reports and avy activity found
HERE.