Avalanche Advisory
Advisory: Uintas Area Mountains Issued by Craig Gordon for Sunday - November 20, 2016 - 5:59am
special announcement

Until the season really gets rolling, I'll update this information as storms start to develop or if conditions change rapidly. The next advisory update will be Monday, November 21st. In the meantime, while you're waiting for snow to stack up, please let us know what you're seeing. You can reach me at [email protected]

Also, before life gets crazy busy, consider scheduling one of our free avalanche awareness presentations (contact me at [email protected]) or sign up for our ever-popular, sled specific Avy Awareness and Riding Skills Workshop. (Click here for more details)

Whole foods event:

Between now and Jan 15th: Donate to the Utah Avalanche Center by shopping at Whole Foods Market Utah! when you visit Whole Foods Market Trolley Square, Sugarhouse & Cottonwood Heights locations and bring in your re-usable bags, Whole Foods will donate a dime per bag to Utah Avalanche Center when the cashier asks if you want to “keep or donate” your bag credit and you say “DONATE".

current conditions

Skies remained mostly clear overnight, but it's balmy this morning with temperatures in the mid 30's and low 40's. Along the high peaks southwest winds continue to crank in the 40's and 50's. It's not quite winter yet and in general, there's only about 6"-10" of snow on the ground.

Ted was out and about yesterday and submitted his trip report along with a nice video overview of current conditions... found here.

Real time wind, snow, and temperatures for the Uinta's are found here.

Not much snow, even on the high elevation slopes near Bald Mountain Pass. Ted Scroggin photo.

recent activity

No new avalanche activity to report

Avalanche Problem 1
type aspect/elevation characteristics
LIKELIHOOD
LIKELY
UNLIKELY
SIZE
LARGE
SMALL
TREND
INCREASING DANGER
SAME
DECREASING DANGER
over the next 24 hours
description

The midweek storm delivered 6" of medium density snow, but there's hardly enough new snow to recreate on. The good news is.... nearly all the early season snow we received in late September either melted off or is patchy and not all that connected. Are you ready for more good news? I thought you were... and here goes. Thursday's storm snow fell on relatively dry, warm ground. What that means from an avalanche and snow stability perspective is that we're off to a benign start and there's very little, weak, sugary snow on the ground to contend with. Of course, that can all change and we'll keep you updated as the early season starts to unfold, but right now we're off to a good start.

weather

Encouraging news in the weather department and it looks like our dry, warm weather pattern changes starting tonight. For today... clouds increase, temperatures top out in the 40's, and southwest winds continue to howl in the 50's and 60's along the high peaks. Snow develops late tonight, but snow levels will be high due to the warm conditions. Colder air arrives for Monday and Monday night when the best precipitation is expected. Storm totals in the 5"-10" range seem reasonable.

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]

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.

The information in this advisory expires 24 hours after the date and time posted, but will be updated on Monday November 21st with general avalanche information.