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Forecast for the Logan Area Mountains

Toby Weed
Issued by Toby Weed on
Saturday morning, November 28, 2020
There is LOW avalanche danger in the backcountry and avalanches are unlikely. Avoid travel on very steep recently drifted slopes. Use normal caution, avoid going too fast, maintain control, and be conservative.
  • Inspect and practice with your avalanche rescue equipment. Force your backcountry partners to practice with you.
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Weather and Snow
The forecast for the upcoming week looks pretty dry, and very shallow early season snow conditions persist in the Logan Zone. A skiff to 5 inches of weakening surface snow caps a widespread solid, yet deteriorating crust, which keeps you off the rocks for the most part. What you see is what you get, and hitting rocks or other shallowly buried obstacles presents a significant hazard. It will be sunny again today in the mountains, with light winds from the west. Looks like tomorrow and Monday will also be sunny. A few snow showers are possible in the upcoming week, but the storms will be passing well to our north. It may be time to get those snow dancing shoes out.
Shallow snow cover but a widespread, mostly supportable crust keeps you off the rocks. A shallow layer on the surface consisting of developing weak snow sits atop a widespread thick crust on many slopes in the Bear River Range. The crust is quickly deteriorating as a significant temperature gradient is weakening the shallow snow, creating sugary faceted grains and breaking down the crust.
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Potential for triggering small loose avalanches or slabs of drifted new snow may be found on extreme or very steep, rocky upper elevation slopes, and people could trigger avalanches.
  • Even a small avalanche could be very dangerous due to shallow early season snow conditions. You do not want to get caught and carried over rocks or strained through bushes and stumps, so it's best to avoid travel on all steep drifted slopes.
Small avalanches of loose surface snow are possible on very steep slopes.
No avalanches yet, but an observer reported triggering shooting cracks in recently drifted snow on an upper elevation slope yesterday.
Additional Information
It’s a good idea to tone it down in the early season because it’s pretty easy to get hurt in shallow snow, and it’s absolutely the worst time to do so because you could ruin your whole season.
Everybody should make time to examine and practice with your avalanche rescue equipment, and convince your backcountry partners to practice with you.
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I will update this advisory by around 7:30 Monday morning.
This forecast is from the USDA Forest Service, which is solely responsible for its content. The forecast describes general avalanche conditions and local variations always occur.
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