On Saturdays tour, the storm started to roll into the La Sal Mountains. Here is an OBSERVATION from the day, using the Colorado Avalanche Information Center's Observation Database. Gold Basin has accumulated 4" of snow during Storm #10.
Heads up in the Abajo Mountains on Sunday. 0.9" of water has fallen during Saturday, with only 4" of snow. This heavy, wet snow will be an issue for anyone heading up North Creek.
The southern half of the forecast area has received more precipitation while both the La Sal Mountains and Moab has received 0.30" of H20 throughout the day on Saturday.
This forecast will be updated Sunday Night.
It appears that the La Sal and Abajo mountains are about to get a much needed dose of winter in the form of a rain/snow mix today up to at least the 10,000' level. Rain has been falling at the Camp Jackson SNOTEL in the Abajos and wet snow is spitting out at the Geyser Pass Winter TH. Hopefully this winter storm will bring southeast Utah closer to normal snow water equivalent values, the basin is 27% below average currently.
Expect road conditions to be slick and LUNA's corduroy to be covered by an inch or two of wet snow. Reports coming in from the back country yesterday speak of collapsing and whoomphing, iced up skins and slow skiing conditions.
Regardless, if you wanted to get exercise your best bet would be to get out of the dreary valleys and up into the mountains!
There has been no avalanche activity reported, although I expect that it will not take much of this new heavy snow to tip get our current snow on the ground to avalanche AT ALL aspects and AT ALL elevations.
