Forecast for the Moab Area Mountains
Wednesday, December 21, 2016
Overall, the avalanche danger is MODERATE but areas of CONSIDERABLE danger still exist on steep, upper elevation terrain that has a NW-NE-SE aspect where it is still possible to trigger a dangerous persistent slab avalanche. Heightened avalanche awareness, careful terrain selection and snowpack analysis is required in these areas. There is also a MODERATE danger for wind slab avalanches in upper elevation, wind exposed terrain.