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: Moab Area Mountains | Issued by Eric Trenbeath for Saturday - December 26, 2015 - 7:15am |
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avalanche warning THE FOREST SERVICE UTAH AVALANCHE CENTER IN MOAB UTAH HAS ISSUED A BACKCOUNTRY AVALANCHE WARNING. * TIMING…IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM MST SAT MORNING TO 6 PM MST SATURDAY * AFFECTED AREA…LA SAL MOUNTAINS * AVALANCHE DANGER…THE AVALANCHE DANGER FOR THE WARNING AREA IS HIGH TODAY. * REASON…HEAVY SNOW COMBINED WITH WIND WILL LIKELY CREATE WIDESPREAD AREAS OF UNSTABLE SNOW. BOTH HUMAN TRIGGERED AND NATURAL AVALANCHES ARE ANTICIPATED TO BE LIKELY ON SLOPES STEEPER THAN ABOUT 30 DEGREES. |
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current conditions Snotel data has been extremely hard to interpret over the past 24 hours but it appears as though we got hammered pretty good again with maybe a foot of new snow at the Geyser Pass Trailhead, and 18" -20" in Gold Basin. Southwest winds yesterday blew in the teens with gusts into the high 20's. Around 5:00 p.m. they shifted to the the NW where they are currently averaging 15 mph gusting into the mid 30's. Base depth in Gold Basin: 55" Base at Geyser Pass Trailhead: 42" Winds, temperature and humidity on Pre-Laurel Peak New snow totals, temperature and humidity in Gold Basin Total snow depth and temperature at Geyser Pass Trailhead
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recent activity This avalanche. occurred in Horse Creek on Tuesday. With the additional load of new snow we are likely to see more of this. Observer Dave Garcia stand in front of 3' crown. Slide was 500' wide and ran for 1000'
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weather Today A 50 percent chance of snow, mainly before 2pm. Partly sunny and cold, with a high near 5. Wind chill values as low as -25. Blustery, with a north northeast wind 15 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. Total daytime snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible. Tonight Mostly clear, with a low around -3. Wind chill values as low as -20. North northeast wind 10 to 15 mph. Sunday Sunny, with a high near 12. Wind chill values as low as -20. East northeast wind 5 to 10 mph becoming north northwest in the afternoon. Sunday Night Partly cloudy, with a low around -4. Wind chill values as low as -20. East wind around 10 mph becoming south after midnight. Monday Mostly sunny and cold, with a high near 5. South southwest wind around 10 mph. |
general announcements The road was plowed on Wednesday but everyone will be on their own over the weekend. It looks like it's going to be pretty deep up there. Thanks for sending in your observations. You can view Moab observations here. To post an observation go here. To receive this advisory by email go here. This information does not apply to developed ski areas or highways where avalanche control is normally done. 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 exist. |
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