Wasatch Cache and Uinta National Forests

In partnership with: Forest Service Utah Avalanche Center, The Friends of the Utah Avalanche Center and Utah State Parks.

Avalanche information update

saturDAY november 5, 2005

Good morning and welcome back! This is Craig Gordon with the Forest Service Utah Avalanche Center with your avalanche and mountain weather update for the western Uinta Mountains. Today is Saturday, November 5, 2005 and it’s 7:00 a.m.

I’ll begin issuing regularly scheduled avalanche advisories- Wednesday, Saturday, Sunday and all holidays- once there’s enough snow on the ground.

Announcements:

The Moffit Peak weather station is back in operation. This site was made possible through generous donations
by BRORA, The Utah Snowmobile Association, and the National Weather Service. You can view data by clicking here.

For avalanche photos click here.

Current Conditions:

There’s no reason to get too excited about the riding conditions just yet… since only about of foot snow fell in the past two weeks. So while the mountains may look snowy from far, they’re far from snowy. While you’re waiting for the snow to fly in earnest, and that may happen this week, it’s a good time to check that all your avalanche safety gear is in good working condition. Dust off your avalanche beacon and drop a fresh set of batteries in it. Think about going through your pack to make sure your shovel and probe didn’t wind up getting mixed in with the summer garage sale items. Also, start practicing with all your gear before the snow even starts to fly! I’ll have the “Beacon Basin” training site up and running again this year at the Nobletts trailhead. Finally, if you haven’t taken one of our free snowmobile specific avalanche awareness classes, schedule one now before things get too crazy. Give me a call at 801-231-2170 and I’d be happy to tailor a talk for your group.

General Information:

We’re interested in what you’re seeing especially if you see or trigger an avalanche. Call 1-800-662-4140, or 801-231-2170, or email to [email protected] or fax to 801-524-6301 and fill us in with all the details.

The information in this advisory is from the U.S. Forest Service, which is solely responsible for its content. This advisory describes general avalanche conditions and local variations always occur.

I’ll update this advisory as conditions warrant.

Thanks for calling!