- Avalanche Awareness Week is in full stride and there's statewide events throughout the week. Check out the full list of happenings across the state HERE!

-The week wraps up Saturday December 7th from 4:00-7:45 PM at the University of Utah with our 17th annual Utah Snow and Avalanche Workshop. Deets and tickets HERE!

Under clear skies, coolish air filtered into the Uinta zone overnight, but it's hardly noticeable with temperatures registering in the high 20's. Northerly winds bumped into the mid teens to wrap up Thursday's swing shift, but the graveyard crew took over and dialed winds back into the single digits near the high peaks overnight.

High pressure homesteads overhead today, delivering clear skies with temperatures climbing into the upper 30's and low 40's. Blowing 5-15 mph near the high peaks, north and northwest winds remain tame throughout the day.

A cool front crosses the region Sunday morning, ushering in winter-like air and a flurry or two. A second, "stronger" system, punches its way through a wet paper bag, slides into the area Sunday night into Monday, and delivers an inch or two of low density snow and cooler temperatures.... not exactly a robust, base building kinda storm.

Sunny slopes and low elevation terrain is taking a hard hit. But don't get too discouraged at the trailheads. The high country offers settled snow depths in the two foot range, but remember... it's white from far, but far from white, with no shortage of buried treasures barely lurking under a thin facade of snow. Riding and turning conditions are a mixed bag though low angle meadow skipping on shady slopes is the ticket and still offers soft, creamy, surface snow on a somewhat supportable base.

Get out of the valley gunk... since any day on the snow is better than a day spent organizing the garage :)

Additional obs and trip reports found HERE.