Check out our new video showcasing last year's (2011-2012) documented backcountry avalanche activity.... https://vimeo.com/52907979

Snow only remains at upper elevations and on slopes facing the northern half of the compass... The existing snow is more substantial in the Southern Bear River Range with up to around a foot-and-a-half of dense snow in wind deposition areas Above 8500' on north facing slopes on Wednesday we found small-grained, weak, sugary faceted snow just under a fragile and somewhat inconsistent melt-freeze surface crust.. Sunnier and lower elevation slopes that aren't burnt out sport shallow moist melted and refrozen snow.