Forecast: Logan Area Mountains - Utah Avalanche Center

Forecast for the Logan Area Mountains

Issued by Toby Weed on
Thursday morning, February 19, 2026

There is HIGH avalanche danger in the backcountry today. Very dangerous conditions exist on upper and mid-elevation slopes facing northwest through southeast, with drifted storm snow overloading a widespread layer of weak faceted snow in many areas. Natural and human-triggered avalanches are likely.

Avoid travel in avalanche terrain; stay clear of avalanche runouts and off of and well out from under slopes steeper than 30°.

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Avalanche Warning

What: The avalanche danger for the warning area is HIGH today.

Where: The mountains of northern, central, southwestern, and southeastern Utah, including the Abajo Range, as well as the Bear River Range in southeastern Idaho.

Impacts: Recent heavy snow combined with strong wind has created widespread areas of unstable snow. Both human-triggered and natural avalanches are likely.

What to do: Avoid all avalanche terrain. Stay off of and out from under slopes steeper than 30°. Carry and know how to use avalanche rescue equipment. Find safer riding conditions on slopes less than 30° with no overhead hazard

Warning Times: Thursday, 2/19/26 at 6:00 AM MST through 6:00 AM MST Friday, 2/20/26

Weather and Snow

A powerful winter storm has created very hazardous avalanche conditions in drifted terrain, particularly on mid and upper-elevation northerly-facing slopes that are steeper than 30 degrees. Thick slabs of wind-drifted storm snow formed in lee areas of exposed ridgelines and in and around terrain features, such as gullies and rock bands. Currently, winds on Logan Peak are blowing from the west-southwest, 15 to 33 mph. It's 1°F on Paris Peak at 9500 feet, and the wind is blowing 8 to 15 mph from the west-southwest. At 8700 feet, the UAC Card Canyon station reports 3°F. About 11 inches of new snow fell in the last 24 hours, with at least 21 inches from the storm, and there's 63 inches of total snow. The Tony Grove Snotel, located at 8400 feet, reports 5°F, and 9 inches of new snow in the last 24 hours, and around 27 inches of storm snow with 3.1 inches of SWE, and 75 inches of total snow.

There's a good chance of snow showers in the mountains, but it will be partly sunny today. High temperatures at 8500 feet will be around 17°F, and winds will blow 10 to 15 mph from the west-southwest, creating wind chill values as low as -10°F. Tonight will be mostly cloudy, with a low temperature around 6°F, and wind out of the east 8 to 10 mph, creating wind chill values as low as -8°F. Snow is likely tomorrow, with less than an inch of accumulation expected. 6 to 15 mph wind from the east will veer around from the west. It will be mostly cloudy, with high temperatures around 19°F.

Recent Avalanches

We observed a couple of natural soft slab avalanches at around 7000 feet in the Beaver Canyon, visible from Hwy 89 on both sides.
Skiers and snowboarders triggered at least a couple of small soft slabs on Beaver's backside.
A snowmobile rider remotely triggered a soft wind slab in Providence Canyon. The avalanche on a north-facing slope at around 8400' was about 2 feet deep and 70 feet wide.
I observed several fresh, long-running naturals yesterday evening in the Wellsville Range, visible from across Cache Valley.

A remotely triggered avalanche in Providence Canyon occurred on February 18

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Avalanches of wind-drifted snow are likely on the lee side of major ridges and in and around exposed terrain features at all elevations, particularly on high slopes facing northwest through southeast.

Slabs of wind-drifted new snow will form in and around terrain features like sub-ridges, rock outcroppings, gullies, and mid-slope rollovers.
Wind slabs of stiffer, drifted snow are rounded and smooth-looking, and they often sound hollow, like a drum.
Beware if you cause cracking in stiffer drifted snow.

This small wind slab avalanche occurred yesterday in Beaver Canyon

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The avalanche danger has risen significantly in the backcountry as preexisting layers of very weak snow were overloaded by heavy storm snow and drifting...

Avalanches can be triggered remotely (from a distance or below)
Audible collapsing or whumpfs and shooting cracks indicate unstable snow.

This small slab avalanche in Beaver Canyon illustrates the PWL problem we are now faced with.

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Although much low-elevation terrain was bare of snow on Monday, yesterday's heavy snowfall created unstable conditions up higher.

Natural avalanches of storm snow are possible.
Small loose or soft slab avalanches of new snow could overload slopes with buried persistent weak layers and cause a much larger avalanche.
Even small avalanches can be quite dangerous if you are carried into trees or other terrain traps below.

This shallow soft slab avalanche was triggered by a skier yesterday in the Beaver Mountain backcountry.

Additional Information

Paige explains how different types of weak snow that develop during periods of benign weather can become persistent weak layers when buried by future snows. Dangerous avalanche conditions are developing as persistent weak layers are overloaded by heavy snow this week.

Travel with a partner, and cross or ride slopes steeper than 30 degrees one at a time while the rest of your group watches from a safe spot.
Ensure that everyone in the group has avalanche rescue equipment (a transceiver, probe, and shovel) and knows how to use it.

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