Forecast for the Uintas Area Mountains
Tuesday, December 3, 2013
While mostly confined to the wind zone, a CONSIDERABLE avalanche danger will be found today in upper elevation leeward terrain. Human triggered avalanches are likely in steep, rocky, north facing terrain, especially where strong solid feeling slabs overlay weak sugary snow near the ground.
Winds have gotten into mid elevation terrain, but fresh drifts are manageable and you'll find a MODERATE avalanche danger on steep wind drifted slopes and human triggered avalanches are possible..
South facing terrain which was bare prior to today's storm offers a LOW avalanche danger.