Please join us at the 23rd annual Black Diamond Fall Fundraiser Party Thursday Sept 15. Tickets are on sale now here, at the Black Diamond store & at REI. Special bonus raffle for online ticket purchasers! |
Please join us at the 23rd annual Black Diamond Fall Fundraiser Party Thursday Sept 15. Tickets are on sale now here, at the Black Diamond store & at REI. Special bonus raffle for online ticket purchasers! |
Advisory: Logan Area Mountains | Issued by Toby Weed for Wednesday - February 10, 2016 - 6:41am |
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current conditions It's way too warm in the mountains this morning , with 35 degrees at 5:00 at the 8400' Tony Grove Snotel. There's 71 inches of total snow, containing 106% of average water content for the date. The 9700' CSI Logan Peak weather station reports a balmy 36 degrees and an increase in southwest wind overnight, currently averaging 26 mph and gusting into the thirties. Sun and warmth in the daytime and radiation heat-loss durring the clear nights are causing the snow surface to cycle between saturated midday to refrozen melt/freeze crusts of widely varying thickness at night and in the mornings. You might find some hidden stashes on the more north facing slopes, with nice smooth and fast settled or recrystalized powder.
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recent activity Natural loose wet avalanches are flowing off south facing slopes these days like hot wax off an old candle. The activity appears to be occurring midday, working it's way around the south half of the compass with the sun. Wet avalanches were triggered recently in the heat of the day by snow rolling off rocks, tree bombs, and even moose.
A fresh natural loose wet avalanche on the north side of Logan Dry Canyon. (Gottlieb, 2-9-16) An observer on the west shore of Bear Lake, in Fish Haven Idaho, reports a fairly large fresh hard slab avalanche viewed on Sunday on a east facing slope at around 7100' in elevation. It looks like westerly winds over the weekend were enough to overload a slope plagued by weak sugary or faceted snow near the ground. view the Avalanche Report A wind slab formed by drifting from sustained westerly winds released on a fairly low elevation slope over the weekend near Fish Haven. The avalanche appears to have stepped down into weak faceted snow near the ground, which is widespread in the area. (Tavis, 2-7-16) ***To view our updated list of backcountry observations and avalanche activity from around Utah, go to our observations page
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weather The strong high pressure system overhead will dominate the weather pattern through the week, with very warm temperatures in the mountains and deteriorating air quality and fog in the valleys. A couple weak weather systems will cross over the region this weekend, bringing some cloud cover and a chance of snow showers... |
general announcements Please submit snow and avalanche observations from your ventures in the backcountry HERE. You can call us at 801-524-5304 or email HERE, or include #utavy in your Instagram or Tweet us @UAClogan. To report avalanche activity in the Logan Area or to contact the local avalanche forecaster call me, Toby, at 435-757-7578. I'll update this advisory throughout the season on Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday mornings by about 7:30 This advisory is produced by the U.S.D.A. Forest Service, which is solely responsible for its content. It describes only general avalanche conditions and local variations always exist. |
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