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Overall, there is a MODERATE (2) danger in the Logan Area Backcountry, and dangerous triggered avalanches are possible on many steep upper elevation slopes...

Although the likelihood is gradually decreasing with time as the snow on most slopes slowly stabilizes, the deadly nature of potential hard slab avalanches lingering on shady upper elevation slopes with weak preexisting snow warrants the inclusion of pockets with a CONSIDERABLE (3) danger. In these areas, you might trigger dangerous persistent slab avalanches on slopes steeper than about 35 degrees. You also might encounter shallow wind slab avalanches in exposed upper elevation terrain.

Evaluate the snow and terrain carefully this weekend, giving utmost respect to steep upper elevation slopes facing north through east.

Don't want to damage the nice new Christmas presents on all the rocks out there. Most folks haven’t yet put away the rock skis, and local pre-Christmas Ptex sales-rates were astronomical. I'm told there still just isn't enough coverage for hill-climbing, and I certainly don't want to risk damaging the nice new 4-stroke sled on a rock. Shallow snow cover is protecting many untracked areas from us, and numerous hills in the Logan Area remain untouched, the perilous snowpack untested.

Looks like another cold day in the mountains, only a little warmer than yesterday with cloud cover and a chance for a bit of snow this morning…Its a cool 11 degrees at 9700' at the CSI weather station on Logan Peak, with a 20 mph northeast wind. Its 12 degrees up at the Tony Grove Snotel, and it looks like we may have picked up an inch or so overnight. The station reports a meager 31 inches of total snow on the ground, containing 42% of average water for the date.

No new triggered avalanches were reported in the Logan Area for over a week now. But, a few sizable triggered avalanches (or pockets) were reported mid-week in the Central Wasatch. These were not giant avalanches, but hard slabs ranging from 50 to 80 feet wide and 2 feet deep are dangerous and often deadly.

A week before Christmas my party remotely triggered a fairly large avalanche in the Tony Grove Area. (Tony Grove-Blind Hollow Saddle,12-18-09)

A high pressure system will control the weather through the weekend, but moisture lingering in the atmosphere will allow for clouds and perhaps a bit of light snow in the mountains. Moisture will increase early next week in a disorganized and weak westerly flow, with our next chance for a significant accumulation around the middle of the week. It doesn't look like a big event by any means, but at least the weather pattern should keep the inversion from building up...

I will be issuing morning avalanche advisories for the Logan area on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays.

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

I will update this forecast on Monday morning. Thanks for checking in....