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Introduction: Good
morning, this is Dave Medara with the USFS Manti-La Sal Avalanche Center with
your avalanche and mountain weather advisory.
Today is Sunday, January. 21st, at CHECK OUT OUR NEW GROOMING
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General Conditions: The shot of snow we’re forecast
to get today is the only storm on the horizon for the next week and likely to
be insufficient to improve the conditions in the La Sal and the Abajos. Even
if you buy into the NWS forecast (cloud cover is breaking up over the The road to the Geyser Pass Trailhead
has been plowed. Thank you Skate and cross-country track is
groomed into Mountain Weather: (At 10,500’) Today...A chance of snow in the
morning...Then snow likely in the afternoon. Snow accumulation around one
inch. Highs 15 to 25. Northwest winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of snow 70
percent. Tonight...Partly cloudy. A 20 percent
chance of snow in the evening. Lows 5 below zero to 5 above. North winds 10
to 15 mph in the evening becoming light. |
Weather Station/ Location |
Snow Depth (HS): in./cm |
New Snow (HN) in./cm |
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Current Observations:
Wind, 48 hour snow |
Geyser Pass
Trailhead (9,600’): (snotel link) |
18” |
tr” |
8 |
SNOTEL is reading inconsistently |
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40” |
tr” |
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facets |
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36” |
tr” |
n/a |
poor coverage |
N/a |
N/a |
1 |
2 mph NNE, diminishing |
Avalanche Conditions: (Link to the
International Avalanche Danger Scale here)
– Not much to report snow-wise these
days. We’ve been keeping the avalanche danger rating at MODERATE because we
feel there are still some hard slabs at and above treeline that could be
triggered by the weight of a skier. Explosive tests from the |