Forecast for the Uintas Area Mountains

Issued by Craig Gordon on
Thursday morning, March 13, 2025
Thursday morning, March 13, 2025
Recently we've been stepping out... now we should be stepping back!
With an incoming storm avalanche danger rises to CONSIDERABLE on upper elevation slopes facing the north half of the compass. Human-triggered fresh wind drifts are LIKELY. Heads up... as today's storm materializes, avalanches may fail on persistent weak layers, producing a slide that breaks deeper and wider than we might expect. Steep, rocky terrain with a shallow snowpack fits the bill for slopes to avoid. While the snow feels solid under our feet, remember... unusually weak snow still lingers in the snowpack on upper elevation, shady slopes.
With more snow, water, and wind, mid elevation terrain gets in on the act. Expect MODERATE avalanche danger on steep, wind drifted slopes where human triggered avalanches are POSSIBLE.
Most south facing terrain is getting torched by the wind and offers generally LOW avalanche danger.

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