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General Conditions: Powder in the La
Sals! The storm that tapered off
yesterday left 12-15” of fresh up in the mountains. This new snow fell without much wind, although the Pre-Laurel
Weather Station has seen 4 hours of winds from the NNW @ >15mph this morning that have
transported some of this new snow onto the leeward sides of slopes and
ridges. The Grand County Road
Department was up yesterday plowing the road and the parking lot, although
4WD is recommended. The GROOMED
Nordic and Skate Ski trails will be up and running after LUNA’s
(Lower Utah Nordic Alliance) volunteer groomer training this weekend. Go out and enjoy the snow! If you are venturing out into the back
country today…READ ON. We have
some avalanche dragons to discuss.
Mountain Weather: (At 10,500’) – |
Weather Station/ Location |
Snow Depth (HS):
in./cm |
New Snow (HN) in./cm |
|
Current Observations:
Wind, 48 hour snow |
Geyser
Pass Trailhead (9,600’): (snotel link) |
17” |
|
15 |
Powder |
|
~” |
|
N/a |
Powder |
|
90 cm |
37 cm |
n/a |
POWDER |
N/a |
N/a |
14.1 |
17 mph gust 24
from NNW |
Avalanche Conditions: (Link to the
International Avalanche Danger Scale here)
– Anyone that ventures out
to the Geyser Pass Trailhead today will notice some in-your-face avalanche
activity on four road cuts.
These four avalanches ran on North and West aspects and failed
wall-to-wall. Although these “paths”
are small and would not have buried a skier, it gives good insight into what
you might expect up higher. We
have buried surface hoar on North aspects, buried near surface facets on West
aspects, plenty of whoomphing and cracking from setting up-tracks, and a snow
pack structure that could promote remote triggering and/or avalanche failures
from undercutting avalanche paths.
This snow pit
shows what could be lurking out there.
For today the Avalanche Danger will be CONSIDERABLE on all slopes >35 degrees. Be weary of areas in the lower
elevations as well…don’t get complacent when you start heading towards the
barn. |