The UAC is CLOSING AFTER THIS WEEKEND: This weekend will be our last of issuing advisories for the season as our piggy bank has run dry. We will continue to accept and publish observations from backcountry users who submit them. You can find them in the Current Conditions off the main menu.

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Warm temperatures created heightened avalanche conditions in the backcountry, and there's a Level 2 or Moderate danger of wet avalanches on steep slopes at all elevations. Dangerous conditions and pockets of Level 3 exist in places, and triggered wet avalanches are likely on steep slopes with saturated snow. Dangerous and destructive deep slab avalanches are possible on some upper and mid-elevation slopes and could be triggered by overrunning cornice fall or loose wet avalanches.. There is a Level 3 or Considerable danger of cornice falls at upper elevations, and you are likely to trigger large avalanches if you travel close to the edge of exposed ridges this weekend. Careful snowpack evaluation, cautious route finding, and conservative decision making are essential in avalanche terrain.

Riding conditions are poor in the backcountry and very warm temperatures in the past few days created dangerous wet avalanche conditions at all elevations... With the exceptionally warm temperatures overnight, I wouldn't expect to find much of a surface refreeze, and you'll still find saturated snow conditions in many areas today. It has not dropped below freezing overnight for the last three nights up at the 8400' Tony Grove Snotel, and mountain temperatures are in the mid 40s this morning. It's 45 degrees this morning and there's still 128 inches of total snow at the station, with 148% of average water content for the date...

The rapid warm-up on Thursday and continued heat yesterday spawned numerous natural wet avalanches across the Logan Zone... Looks like natural cornice falls, caused by the heat, triggered large avalanches at upper elevations in the Tony Grove Area, including a persistent hard slab in North Castle Rock and a very long-running slide in Cornice Ridge....

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Warm, springlike temperatures will continue into this afternoon, with increasing winds and cloud cover . Rain is possible ahead of and with the frontal passage this evening, and a good shot of snow is likely tonight. 9 to 13 inches of accumulation is forecast, and it will come quickly overnight, creating a rising danger of wind slab and storm snow avalanches, in case you're planning on spending the night out or getting an early morning powder run..The storm will taper off tomorrow and it'll be pleasantly cold. The seasonal c-saw of warmth-storm-cold weather will continue through next week, with another storm probable around Wednesday....

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We will be ending our regular advisories for the season this weekend.....

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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.