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Forecast for the Logan Area Mountains

Toby Weed
Issued by Toby Weed for
Friday, November 30, 2012

There is a LOW danger today, and avalanches are generally unlikely in the backcountry. The snow is mostly stable, but you still might trigger isolated wind slabs or loose surface sluffs on very steep upper elevation slopes. The danger is likely to increase to MODERATE by tomorrow, with snow and wind in the forecast for today and tonight. Only commit one person at a time to a slope, check your avalanche rescue equipment, and find the time to practice avalanche rescue scenarios with your partners....

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Weather and Snow

The Tony Grove Snotel reports 1/10th of an inch of water overnight, 14 inches of total snow, and it's a balmy 36 degrees at 8400' . South winds are gusting into the 40s at the CSI Logan Peak weather station and its 29 degrees up at 9700'. You'll find a wide variety of snow conditions above around 8000', including wind and sun crusts and soft re-crystallized powder-like snow.

The Tony Grove Road is not maintained for winter travel and is currently very slick and icy on shady sections.. Potential snowfall in the next few days will create more difficult driving conditions. Be sure you are prepared with shovels and other emergency supplies if you attempt the drive. There are lots of pedestrians and dogs on the upper portion of the road these days, so please keep an eye out and the speed down.

Recent Avalanches

No avalanches have been reported in the Logan Area......

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There is certainly more risk of hitting rocks or other buried hazards currently, than getting caught in an avalanche. Potential for triggering fresh wind slabs exists in some isolated and exposed upper elevation north and east facing terrain... Loose snow sluffs continue to become more possible in steep terrain.. A few inches of snow overnight and continued windy conditions will probably cause the danger to rise a notch for the weekend, and heightened avalanche conditions are likely.

Additional Information

A windy, moist, and mild southwest flow will persist through the weekend. A weather disturbance embedded in the flow will cross Northern Utah today and tonight, bringing a good chance for a few inches of accumulation to upper elevation slopes. The National Weather Service forecasts 4 to 6 inches by tomorrow morning. A similar but slightly stronger disturbance is expected Sunday night. Keep you fingers crossed, since even a few inches of snow will help our dire backcountry situation...

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This advisory is produced by the U.S. Forest Service, which is solely responsible for its content. It describes only general avalanche conditions and local variations always exist.

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