Please join the Friends of the Utah Avalanche Center in Logan for our annual "Pray for Snow" Fundraiser and Party on Wednesday November 30th at the Italian Place in downtown Logan. The event will feature a silent auction, raffle, great food, music, and a special presentation by Bruce Tremper, the Director of the Utah Avalanche Center.

Please call 757-2794 for more info.

The danger is mostly Low or level 1. A few pockets with Moderate or level 2 danger exist in areas with preexisting snow, and you might trigger shallow wind slabs at the highest elevations on a few steep drifted north facing slopes. Carry your rescue gear and follow normal winter safe travel protocols.....

Under several inches of fresh snow from the weekend you'll find very shallow yet mostly solid October snow only on north facing slopes above around 8500', but coverage is still quite thin and you should expect to also find rocks. Remember that the Tony Grove Road is not maintained for wheeled vehicles in the winter. The road is currently covered by snow and ice in places and driving conditions are likely to rapidly deteriorate in the coming storm....

Yesterday, I was still easily able to trigger cracking and collapses on faceted or sugary snow which sits atop the now solid snow from early October and just below the nice powdery snow from the weekend and Monday....

A strong high pressure system will continue to build of the region bringing fair weather and warming to mountain areas. Temperatures in the valleys will stay fairly cold today due to a fairly strong inversion. The next pacific storm will affect Northern Utah over the weekend.... The stronger northern split in the storm will impact our area, bringing good potential for significant snowfall and fairly strong winds on Saturday. Unsettled, snowy weather is likely to continue well into early next week....

We're back in the office and we'll start issuing regular advisories when more snow falls in the mountains around Logan.......