Has winter finally arrived in Utah?

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After weeks of enduring dry and sunny +/- 70 degrees here in the Salt Lake Valley, perhaps winter is finally arriving. A series of storms, each slightly cooler than the last, is lining up and heading for here, and from the looks of things the snow line is down to around 8,000 feet this morning. Above that, things look remarkably white this morning from down here. \:D/
 
Montana looks like it will get a little action from the same storms. Snow line yesterday was about 8500ft. A snotel site at 9100ft got 7 inches yesterday in the Madison range (near Big Sky). All other snotel sites I check were 8000ft or under showed no new snow yet. Today the snow line should be lower. By Sunday morning snow line should make it to valley in Bozeman. Hopefully this will set up a nice starter base for the season. :D
 
As I posted in another fora....Don't sweat it! :wink: Last season started abnormally early - Nov 5th was the earliest opening in history for Snowbird. In the past 3 seasons, we've had 100" by T-Day weekend.

Tentative opening dates are 11/17 for Alta and 11/19 for the Bird, conditions permitting. Over here, near the mouth of LCC, the snow line this AM looks to be about 7K'.
 
Marc_C":130pj79q said:
As I posted in another fora....Don't sweat it! :wink: Last season started abnormally early - Nov 5th was the earliest opening in history for Snowbird. In the past 3 seasons, we've had 100" by T-Day weekend.
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It was those damn October storms that got us all excited. Someone needs to turn the faucet back on. :D
 
You guys better get dumped on in ooootah. I am coming out there January 27-31 to do some split riding. Anyone want to give an out of towner a locals tour?
 
Killclimbz":r5qn3tms said:
You guys better get dumped on in ooootah. I am coming out there January 27-31 to do some split riding. Anyone want to give an out of towner a locals tour?
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I'd love to help you out, bro, but this will be my season to learn the local b/c. I didn't get here until Feb. 1 of this year. :(
 
As the clouds break this morning, a fresh crown of white adorns Mt. Olympus outside of my window. I just may need to head up canyon tomorrow and skin up a bit.
 
I did a preseason exercise hike up Mt. Blackmore (~10,000ft.) outside of Bozeman today. I brought my snowshoes along, but wasn't expecting to need them. Boy was I glad I brought them. Above 9000ft the coverage was pretty good. The was an average of about 6in on top of an icy crudy base leftover from storms a couple of weeks ago. I say an average of 6 in, becuase the wind was really whipping it around and some spots were almost bare, but on the lower 2/3 of the Northeast face of Blackmore there was significant blow in. I was sinking in over two feet deep in my snowshoes in many places. Probably 1-3 ft of blown in powder. Ran into 2 guys boarding itand 3 people skiing it. I wish I had drought my skis with me. It is a 5 mile one way hike in with a 3000ft. gain and I already done all the work. It was still snowing when I came back down, so tommorrow should be good, but unfortunately I already have plans.
 

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sweet. keep the obs coming. it's nice to see. :D

swinster, hear anything about plowing to the reservoir in the future?

may not happen this year, but i did hear that rumor.
 
I've heard that they might start plowing as far as the Chisholm camprground, which is where the East Fork branches off. The following link is from a climbing website that details everthing pretty well. If they plow it that far, that would open up a ton easy BC stuff.

[/URL]Gallatin National Forest Travel Plans
 
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