We will not be issuing daily forecasts with danger ratings this season. We simply do not have enough information for this level of detail. We will be keeping an eye on the snowpack and will post a detatiled summary of conditions on Saturday mornings. Mid-week updates will be provided as weather conditions dictate.
Join us for the
1st Annual UAC Moab/LUNA Winter Kickoff Party on Saturday, Dec 10 at the MARC. The event will be from 7-9 PM. Get your tickets
here.
Join the Utah Avalanche Center and the Division of Outdoor Recreation to celebrate the
Fourth Annual Avalanche Awareness Week, from December 4 - December 11. Click
HERE to view a full list of events throughout the state.
A storm system currently off the Pacifc Northwest Coast will bring snow to our area on Monday.
Snowpack Summary and General Conditions
Conditions remain thin though there is getting to be enough snow for tentative backcountry riding. Considerably more snow exists on the north side of the range with between 2'-3' of snow in favored areas up around North Creek Pass. South facing slopes are not blown clean but there is still plenty of grass sticking out. A poor snowpack structure has developed. Early season snow has become weak and sugary, while more recent snow has formed a dense slab on top, particularly in wind drifted areas. In most cases, snowcover is still a little too thin to access avalanche terrain, but all steep, northerly facing slopes that have enough snow to ride are suspect, and human triggered avalanches are possible in these areas. For more on the current state of the snowpack, see the video below.
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