Forecast for the Uintas Area Mountains
Sunday, January 22, 2017
Heads up... it'll be a day of rising avalanche danger.
In the wind zone, at and above treeline, the avalanche danger will rise to CONSIDERABLE. As winds ramp up and the storm evolves, human triggered avalanches become LIKELY on steep, wind drifted slopes, especially those on the leeward side of upper elevation ridges. Remember- any avalanche that breaks to weaker snow, now buried deep in the snowpack will get out of hand quickly, resulting in a dangerous slide.
A MODERATE avalanche danger is found in mid elevation terrain and human triggered avalanches are POSSIBLE on steep slopes with recent deposits of wind drifted snow.
Wind sheltered lower elevation terrain offers green light conditions and in general, LOW avalanche danger.