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Heavy snow and drifting overloaded many slopes plagued by buried weak layers and poor snow structure. All recent backcountry observations included reports of audible collapsing or "whumpfs" and some included cracking. These red flags indicate unstable snow and real potential for dangerous slab avalanches failing on a buried persistent weak layer. I found very poor snow structure on many slopes and sugary buried persistent weak layers at all elevations in the backcountry around Beaver Sunday..

Looks like about 18 inches of new snow at the 8400' TGLU1 Snotel in the Central Bear River Range so far from the storm, with a bit more than four feet of total snow on the ground in upper elevation terrain. Winds blowing from the northwest are blowing 25 to 30 mph and gusting over 40 mph this morning at the 9700' CSI Logan Peak weather station. Temperatures at 8500' are around 16° F this morning but will drop into the lower teens this afternoon, creating wind chill values as low as -6° F. There is a good chance of snow in the mountains this afternoon, but not much accumulation is expected. 1 to 3 inches of snow is forecast for tonight, with single digit temperatures and a west-northwest breeze expected, pushing wind chill values down to around -10° F.

Expect unsettled cold and cloudy weather to continue through the work week, with some periods with snow but no significant accumulations expected. Looks like we could see a bit of sun on Friday, and the weekend looks fairly nice, although cold, with mostly sunny conditions...