Nowcast | Sunny skies dissipate as a small storm rolls through the region, potentially bringing 3-5” of snow, favoring the north slope. Temperatures are hovering in the mid 30s F at 9,000’ with steady moderate winds from the south at upper elevations.
Forecast | Clearing Saturday night into Sunday will bring mild temperatures, clear skies, and calm winds. Temps look to stay in the 20s F throughout the day and dip down to the teens at night, with calm winds out of the northwest ahead of the next weather system.
Futurecast | A weak system will pass through town Monday into Tuesday, bringing a trace of snow, followed by clear days and cool nights mid-week.
Trevor K was cruising around the Mill Hollow zone Thursday and commented: “Relative to the northern Uinta's higher elevation zones, Mill Hollow is shallow, with just 40cm (16”) in sheltered areas. The snowpack is predictably weak throughout, and layers are becoming harder to differentiate relative to deeper snowpacks.”
Trevor made note of the general structure in the area he traveled. See it compared to what I found traveling in the Bald Mtn. Pass area yesterday. Snow depths where I traveled ranged from 30-60 cm (12-24”). Although not supportable in all cases, the small storms that have continued to lay down snow created a decent structure where the snowpack is at its deepest. Click
here to read more on that trip report.
A small wet-loose avalanche was reported on Wednesday during a sunny warm-up in steep, rocky, upper-elevation terrain.
Read all observations
here.
