The 5th Annual Avalanche Awareness Week is December 3-10. The week's goal is to save lives through activities that promote avalanche awareness, education, and safety. We have a variety of events around the state. Find an event near you.

The National Weather Service has issued a Winter Storm Warning for the Logan Zone as heavy snowfall begins today and lasts through the weekend. Periods of rapid accumulations are expected today, especially this afternoon and again late tonight. Westerly winds will blow 10 to 20 mph on the ridges, and a foot or two could accumulate on upper-elevation slopes by tomorrow morning. Another foot is possible tomorrow, with west-southwest winds increasing to 15 to 25 mph and gusts around 40 mph. Heavy snowfall is expected to continue in the mountains through Sunday night.

Only up to about 2 feet of snow covers the rocks on the highest shady slopes in the Bear River Range. Only 14 inches of total snow is on the ground at the 8400' Tony Grove Snotel. Recent cold temperatures subjected the shallow snow to a significant temperature gradient, causing it to become faceted and weak. There is very little snow at mid and lower elevations, and many sunny slopes are bare, as seen in my Wood Camp observation yesterday.