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Weather: It was a much nicer day on Wednesday compared to Tuesday. Skies were clear, temperatures were warmer and the wind was a lot slower. We should see another nice day today with slightly warmer temperatures (lower to mid 30s), mostly clear skies and light to moderate speed northwest wind. Friday looks similar with even slightly warmer temperatures yet. The next chance for snow looks like Sunday into Monday with a small storm moving through that might bring a few inches of snow.

Snowpack: Wednesday was my first time in the Abajo Mtns in the winter and I was happy to not find the same type of horrible snowpack that exists right now in the La Sal mountains. In short, the snowpack in the La Sal mountains is almost unsupportable as the snowpack is comprised almost entirely of faceted sugar snow. The snowpack in the Abajo mountains is a bit deeper and is supportable without all of the weak snow deep in the pack. Don't get me wrong, you'll find some weak snow around but overall it's much better than the La Sals. The total depth averages about 4'. There is more than that in many areas. The surface conditions are not very good as the recent wind has taken it's toll. However, there is still nice soft settled snow in sheltered locations that provides great riding.

NWS Weather Forecast.