The persistent slab that's been giving us heartburn has relaxed and we haven't heard of or seen any significant avalanche activity in nearly a week. As a matter of fact, last weeks high and dry weather helped gobble up a lot of the cohesive properties of the Christmas slab, essentially breaking it down and turning it into weak, faceted, sugary surface snow or what we call "loud powder". Of course that's good news in the near-term, but this inherent weakness will come back to haunt us once winter returns from its hiatus.
While I think you'd be hard pressed to trigger an avalanche of any signifcance today, remember that the Uinta's are a big range. I bet there's a wind drifted slope or two that just needs to be tickled in the right place and it'll come to life. By now you know the usual suspects to avoid... steep, rocky, upper elevation slopes, especially those facing the north half of the compass
He's back! JG's beautifully detailed snowpit clearly illustrates our problem child buried in the midpack.