Avalanche In Logan Canyon Closes Road

Photo by Utah Avalanche Center 

A wet avalanche crossed Hwy 89 in Logan Canyon at the Dugway at around 2:30 in the afternoon, Tuesday February 16 . The highway was fairly quickly cleared by a UDOT crew in the area. 

Eric Frandson, of the Cache Valley Daily, reported that temperatures above freezing and light rain Sunday and Monday made for dangerous avalanche conditions in Northern Utah's backcountry. The Utah Avalanche Center spotted several avalanches in the area, including one in Logan Canyon on U.S. 89 in the area commonly referred to as the Dugway.

Other avalanches were spotted in Logan Canyon at lower elevations, near the River Trail and in Green Canyon. The Avalanche Center has issued a High avalanche warning for lower elevations throughout Northern Utah because of warming temperatures and saturated snow.

Remember that you don't want to try to hand dig a route around avalanches on the road because you expose yourself to following or adjacent avalanches which are likely in many areas.