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Yesterday's underforecast, over producing storm.... well it over produced, stacking up close to 5" of ultra light density snow across the range. Skies cleared overnight and the temperatures crashed to near zero. Currently they're struggling to get out of the single digits. Along the high ridges, northwest winds blow in the teens and 20's, registering a finger numbing -15 degrees with wind chill. Ridng and turning condtions vastly improved with yesterday's snow and mid elevation, wind sheltered slopes are the ticket today.
Above are 24 hour temperatures and snow depth from Trial Lake along with winds and temperatures from Windy Peak. More remote Uinta weather stations are found here
We were in Upper Chalk Creek Friday and found mostly stable snow and a mixed bag of snow conditions. Above, Andy skins in a sea of silky, sustrugi.
Meanwhile, Ted was on the eastern side of the range near Elizabeth Pass and commented how this time of year the sign above is usually buried with snow.
More on our travels along with a great body of recent trip reports, observations, and snow data are found here.
Shallow wind slabs and sluffing on steep slopes were reported yesterday, otherwise no significant new avalanche activity.