La Sal & Abajo Mountains storm history

On the afternoon of January 25, a snowmobiler was buried in an avalanche in Dark Canyon, in the La Sal Mountains of southeastern Utah. His party attempted a rescue but they were unable to locate him and night was falling. Plans were made for search and rescue efforts to resume th…

A group of four snowmobile riders were heading into the Beaver Basin area and noticed the snow pack becoming increasingly unstable by the late morning hours. The group found a turn-around point in a nearby meadow which was in the avalanche zone. The last rider heading to the mead…

The Pack Creek Fire began in early June due to a campfire that was abandoned 14 miles southeast of Moab and grew to 8,952 acres before it was contained in early July.

Generally 6 to 8 inches of snow fell across the Abajo Mountains with 6 inches at Gold Basin in the La Sal Mountains.

Generally 8 to 12 inches of snow fell across the La Sal Mountains with 2 to 5 inches of snow across the Abajo Mountains. Winds gusted up to 56 mph at Abajo Peak.

Generally 8 to 12 inches of snow fell across the La Sal Mountains with 2 to 5 inches of snow across the Abajo Mountains. Winds gusted up to 56 mph at Abajo Peak.

Localized dense fog developed near the Abajo mountains throughout the night of November 23-24. The KU64 AWOS at the Monticello City Airport reported over five hours of reduced visibility due to freezing fog prior to midnight. However, 1/4-mile visibility was only briefly reached …

The last area of Extreme (D3) Drought was removed from Utah Zone 028 - La Sal and Abajo Mountains on October 14th, 2025, and did not reoccur for a month. Therefore this will be the last drought entry for this zone until such time as Extreme (D3) Drought reoccurs.

At the beginning of the month of October, the US Drought Monitor analyzed an area of Extreme (D3) Drought as covering roughly 5% of Utah Zone 028 - La Sal and Abajo Mountains, with the remaining 95% under Severe (D2) Drought conditions. Significant improvements were noted with th…

At the beginning of the month of September, the US Drought Monitor analyzed an area of Extreme (D3) Drought conditions that covered roughly 1/3 of Utah Zone 028 - La Sal and Abajo Mountains, with the remaining 2/3 under Severe (D2) conditions. With the 9/17 Drought Monitor update…

The Deer Creek Fire started in early July due to human causes 1 mile north of Old La Sal, Utah. The fire grew to 17,724 acres and spread into portions of west-central Colorado particularly western Montrose county, before it was contained in early August. The estimated cost to dat…

At the beginning of the month of August, the US Drought Monitor analyzed an area of Extreme (D3) Drought conditions as covering roughly 1/3 of Utah Zone 028 - La Sal and Abajo Mountains. With the 8/20/25 US Drought Monitor update, the area of Extreme (D3) Drought was expanded to …

The Deer Creek Fire started in early July due to human causes 1 mile north of Old La Sal, Utah. The fire grew to 17,724 acres and spread into portions of west-central Colorado particularly western Montrose county, before it was contained in early August. The estimated cost to dat…

Generally 4 to 7 inches of snow fell over the La Sal Mountains with around 2 inches of snow over the Abajo Mountains.

Generally 7 to 12 inches of snow fell over the La Sal Mountains with 3 to 7 inches of snow over the Abajo Mountains. 6 inches of snow was reported at Monticello 0.4 SW. Winds gusted in the 45 to 55 mph at the onset of the event with a peak wind gust of 57 mph at Big Indian RAWS.

Generally 12 to 16 inches of snow fell over the La Sal Mountains with 6 to 12 inches over the Abajo Mountains.

Generally 4 to 10 inches of snow fell over the La Sal Mountains with 2 to 5 inches of snow over the Abajo Mountains.

Generally 10 to 20 inches of snow fell over the La Sal Mountains with 4 to 5 inches of snow over the Abajo Mountains. Winds gusted in the 50 to 55 mph range with a peak wind gust of 57 mph at Monticello. Wind gusts were likely higher at mountain top level but observations are mis…

Generally 8 to 17 inches of snow fell across the area with 8 to 10 over the Abajo Mountains and 12 to 17 over the majority of the La Sal Mountains. A peak wind gust of 48 mph occurred at Monticello, with wind gusts likely higher at mountain peak level but observations are missing…

Generally 10 to 20 inches of snow fell across the area with 14 to 16 inches of snow at the Abajo Mountains and 10 to 20 inches of snow at the La Sal Mountains. Winds generally gusted in the 45 to 50 mph range with a peak wind gust of 52 mph at Monticello Airport. Wind gusts were …

Generally 12 to 25 inches of snow fell across the area with 15 to 20 inches over the La Sal Mountains with 24 to 25 inches of snow over the Abajo Mountains. 12 inches of snow was reported at Monticello 0.4 SW in the lower elevations. Wind gusts stayed below 45 mph.

Generally 25 to 35 inches of snow fell over the La Sal Mountains with 13 to 15 inches of snow over the Abajo Mountains. 5 inches of snow was reported at Monticello 0.4 SW. Winds generally gusted in the 15 to 35 mph range with a peak gust of 44 mph at La Sal.

Generally 9 to 13 inches of snow fell over the La Sal Mountains with 4 to 9 inches of snow over the Abajo Mountains. Winds generally gusted in the 30 to 40 mph range with a peak gust to 45 mph over La Sal on the morning of November 6.

Generally 5 to 10 inches of snow fell over the Abajo Mountains with 3 to 4 inches of snow over the La Sal Mountains.

Generally 11 to 16 inches of snow fell at the Abajo Mountains with 3 to 6 inches at the La Sal Mountains. Winds gusted 45 to 65 mph at elevations above 11,000 feet.

Generally 3 to 7 inches of snow fell across the area with 3 to 6 over the Abajo Mountains and 7 inches over the La Sal Mountains. Winds gusted 45 to 50 mph at La Sal and Monticello.

The Verdure Creek Fire started in mid October 6 miles southwest of Monticello, Utah about a half mile north of the Blue Mountain Estates ranch home subdivision due to an undetermined cause. The fire grew to 157 acres before it was contained in late October. The estimated final co…

The Babylon Fire started in early July due to a lightning strike 20 miles northwest of Blanding, Utah in the Manti-La Sal National Forest of the Abajo Mountains. The fire grew to 199 acres before it was contained in mid July. The estimated final cost was $500,000.

Generally 7 to 12 inches of snow fell over the La Sal Mountains with 4 to 7 inches of snow over the Abajo Mountains.

Generally 12 to 18 inches of snow fell across the La Sal Mountains with around 2 inches across the Abajo Mountains.

Generally 27 to 33 inches of snow fell across the Abajo Mountains with 4 to 7 inches of snow across the La Sal Mountains. La Sal Mountain reported a peak wind gust of 44 mph, otherwise it stayed below 45 mph.

Generally 7 to 9 inches of snow fell across the La Sal Mountains with about 2 inches at the Abajo Mountains.

Generally 7 to 10 inches of snow fell across the area. Wind gusts were in the 30 to 40 mph range on average but peaked in the 50 to 60 mph range at the start of the event.

Generally 6 to 8 inches of snow fell across the area. Winds gusted in the 30 to 45 mph range with a peak wind gust of 46 mph. Webcams indicated low visibility in snow squalls among the higher elevations of the area.

Generally 9 to 11 inches of snow fell across the area with locally higher amounts up to 18 inches at Camp Jackson in the Abajo Mountains.

Generally 8 to 20 inches of snow fell across the area with up to 20 inches in the Abajo Mountains and 8 inches in the La Sal Mountains. Winds generally gusted 35 to 45 mph with peak gusts of 50 to 55 mph at La Sal Mountain.

Generally 5 to 11 inches of snow fell across the area with locally higher amounts of 18 inches at Camp Jackson in the Abajo Mountains. Wind gusts at La Sal Mountain peaked at 42 mph but stayed below 45 mph.

Generally 7 to 9 inches of snow fell over the La Sal Mountains. Gusts generally stayed in the 20s and 30s.

Generally 12 to 14 inches of snow fell in the La Sal Mountains with 18 to 21 inches in the Abajo Mountains. The town of Monticello also received 16 inches of snow.

Generally 6 to 11 inches of snow fell in the La Sal and Abajo Mountains with higher amounts favoring the Abajo Mountains with 11 inches at Camp Jackson.

Generally 16 to 20 inches of snow fell over the La Sal mountains and 6 to 9 inches fell over the Abajo mountains with around 2 inches over the lower elevations at Monticello. Winds less than 45 mph.

Generally 10 to 20 inches of snow fell across the area with locally higher amounts in excess of 2 feet estimated at the Buckboard Flat SNOTEL site. 8 inches of snow fell in the town of Monticello. Winds gusted up to 50 mph at times.

Generally 8 to 16 inches of snow fell across the area with locally higher amounts of up to 21 inches estimated at the Camp Jackson SNOTEL site. 11 inches of snow fell in the town of Monticello.

Generally 7 to 14 inches of snow fell across the Abajos with 5 to 10 inches over the La Sals.

Generally 6 to 12 inches of snow fell across the area. Winds gusted up to 45 mph at times.

An estimated 18 to 26 inches of snow fell across the Abajo Mountains with lesser amounts of 4 to 8 inches over the La Sals.

An estimated 18 to 26 inches of snow fell across the Abajo Mountains with lesser amounts of 4 to 8 inches over the La Sals.

Generally 12 to 18 inches of snow fell across the area with locally higher amounts in excess of 2 feet estimated at the Buckboard Flat SNOTEL site. Up to 10 inches of snow fell in Monticello.

Generally 9 to 18 inches of snow fell across the area. Winds gusted up to 74 mph at times.

Generally 8 to 16 inches of snow fell across the area.