I brought firefighters from the Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest up to upper Providence Canyon to check on a wildfire near the warming hut that was reported on Saturday afternoon. Amazingly, and proving the exceptionally dry conditions, the fire was still smoldering today, even after a recent winter snow storm storm and sub zero temperatures. Two fairly large live trees were burnt up, and the human started fire was still smoldering today in the root-ball of one of them.

There were many areas where you would sink into shallowly buried faceted snow when you hopped off your sled. I was able to find the weaker sugary layer by feel in many places as I traveled across terrain by poking the snow with my ski pole.