Southerly winds whipped up a few fresh drifts along the leeward side of the highest ridgelines so it's time to start thinking about avalanches and more importantly... the consequences of triggering a slide. Remember- even a small wind drift packs enough punch to knock you off your feet and may result in a season ending injury if you slam into a stump, rock, or deadfall barely hidden under the shallow snow.

Ted Scroggin, avy pro extraordinaire and the glue that holds the Uinta program together, was near Bald Mountain Pass and Murdock Bowl over the weekend and reports connected patches of snow with lots of boulders in between. And while we squeezed and an additional foot of medium density snow out of yesterdays storm, there's hardly enough snow to ride on just yet.