25th Annual Black Diamond Fall Fundraising Party
Thursday, September 13; 6:00-10:00 PM; Black Diamond Parking Lot
25th Annual Black Diamond Fall Fundraising Party
Thursday, September 13; 6:00-10:00 PM; Black Diamond Parking Lot
Advisory: Uintas Area Mountains | Issued by Mark Staples for Friday - November 17, 2017 - 10:59am |
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current conditions Warm, wet, heavy snow is stacking up this morning with temperatures near freezing this morning and 10 inches of snow (containing 1.7 inches of water) as of 9 am at the Trial Lake SNOTEL Site along the Mirror Lake Highway at 10,000 ft. Below are the UDOT camera images from Wolf Creek Summit at 9400 ft.
South facing slopes even above 10,000 feet were still bare. |
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Old snow from September and October became weak and faceted. With today's dense, heavy snow on top with more coming, I'd expect avalanches today especially on north facing slopes where the old snow existed before this storm. Strong winds will make it worse. Of course, these will be the slopes with the best coverage. The SOLUTION - stick to low angle slopes less than 30 degrees for now. Because the snow is so thin, getting caught in an avalanche will be painful as it runs you over rocks and stumps. See Ted's video below MVI_5593 from ted scroggin on Vimeo. |
type | aspect/elevation | characteristics |
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UNLIKELY
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INCREASING DANGER
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DECREASING DANGER
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New snow and strong winds are a guaranteed recipe for avalanches. Avoid fresh wind drifts. |
weather Temperatures will be dropping today and may get into the mid teens F by the end of the day and single digits tonight. Snow will continue with another 4-8 inches possible. Also, SW winds will be blowing 20-30 miles per hour and gusting to 40 mph. The highest peaks could see some winds of 60 mph. |
general announcements I'll be issuing regularly scheduled advisories once the snow starts flying in earnest. In the meantime, if you're getting out and about, please let me know what you're seeing especially if you see or trigger and avalanche. I can be reached at [email protected] or 801-231-2170 It's also a good time to set up one of our very popular avalanche awareness classes. Reach out to me and I'll make it happen. |