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| Advisory: Uintas Area Mountains | Issued by Craig Gordon for Sunday - December 7, 2014 - 5:59am |
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bottom line The avalanche danger is generally LOW. Remember- triggering even a small slide will expose stumps and rocks, instantly ruing your day and quite possibly your season.
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special announcement With no weather in sight and little change in avalanche conditions, I will update this advisory next Saturday Dec.13, 2014 We just released an exciting, new avy safety video designed specifically for snowmobilers - Knowledge is Powder. https://vimeo.com/113677686 Our Uinta weather station network is up and running. Current winds, snowfall, and temperatures can be found here. NEW THIS YEAR: You can now receive advisories by email for each region in the state. Go here for details.
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current conditions Skies are clear, temperatures are in the low to mid 20's, and winds are light and variable, blowing 10-20 mph along the high ridges.
Ted took a spin up the Whitney Road yesterday. His most excellent rip report is found here.
It may look white from a distance, but lots of obstacles lurk just below the snow surface.
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recent activity No recent avalanche activity to report. |
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Today's avalanche conditions are pretty straight-forward and mostly predictable. You'd really have to go out of your way to trigger an avalanche today or in the upcoming week. I think you run a better chance of slamming into a buried rock or stump. However, the Uinta's are a big place and as always, you'll want to look for and avoid any fresh wind drift, especially if it's fat and rounded or sounds hollow like a drum.
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weather Not much change in this department for most of this week. High pressure provides sunny skies, temperatures warming into the 40's, and light winds. A storm may be on tap for late this week, beginning Friday. Doesn't look like a major pattern change, but could bring a decent shot of snow to the region. |
| general announcements Remember your information can save lives. If you see anything we should know about, please participate in the creation of our own community avalanche advisory by submitting snow and avalanche conditions. You can call me directly at 801-231-2170, email [email protected], or email by clicking HERE This is a great time of year to schedule a free avalanche awareness presentation for your group or club. You can contact me at 801-231-2170 or email [email protected] Donate to your favorite non-profit –The Utah Avalanche Center. The UAC depends on contributions from users like you to support our work. Benefit the Utah Avalanche Center when you buy or sell on ebay - set the Utah Avalanche Center as a favorite non-profit in your ebay account here and click on ebay gives when you buy or sell. You can choose to have your seller fees donated to the UAC, which doesn't cost you a penny. Utah Avalanche Center mobile app - Get your advisory on your iPhone along with great navigation and rescue tools. The information in this advisory is from the US Forest Service which is solely responsible for its content. This advisory describes general avalanche conditions and local variations always occur. I will update this advisory by 7:00 AM Saturday Dec. 13, 2014. |
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