There is a MODERATE danger in the backcountry, and you could trigger dangerous wind slab avalanches on some drifted slopes steeper than around 35 degrees in exposed upper and mid-elevation terrain. Avoid large overhanging cornices along the major ridge-lines, as they are quite deceitful and often break further back than expected.... You'll find a LOW danger at lower elevations and in most sheltered terrain.

Evaluate the snow and terrain carefully and use good travel habits.....

Mountain temperatures dropped like stock options overnight, further solidifying the saturated snow from last week's warmth and rain. Winds are out of the northwest, and it is currently zero degrees at 9700', as recorded by the Campbell Scientific Logan Peak weather station.

This time we're the big statewide winners of the snowfall lottery, with another nice even shot of 5 inches recorded by all the Central Bear River Range Snotels and Beaver Mountain's remote snow depth sensor. The Tony Grove Snotel reports 4/10ths of an inch of water accumulation in the last 24 hours and 1.3 inches in the last 72....

You'll find nice, freshly smoothed in, mid-winter powder conditions in the Bear River Range this morning, especially at upper elevations.

It's been a week now since any significant slab avalanche activity occurred in the region. (observers' photos from last weekend)

Sizable wet avalanches occurred on shady low and mid elevation slopes in the Logan Area Mountains and across Northern Utah with last week's warm temperatures and rain.

There have been few reports and none of avalanches from the local backcountry in the past few days.....

The cold front will move eastward and out of the region this morning and a high pressure ridge will move in, bringing fair and mild weather for the weekend...Temperatures will warm up significantly tomorrow and again on Sunday, when cloud cover and south winds will bring the warmth to north facing terrain and back up to higher elevations...

A moist southwest flow will reestablish itself, and we can expect moist conditions with some snow and rain early next week. A better defined storm is possible mid-week.

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This advisory is from the U.S.D.A. Forest Service, which is solely responsible for its content. This advisory describes general avalanche conditions and local variations always occur.

I will update this advisory by around 7:30 Saturday morning.