Logan Canyon

You did a very interesting story on this.

And I'm familiar, people in Cache Valley are very familiar with one that the entrance to Logan Canyon is.

One thing I learned from your story is I've only ever seen low, moderate, or high, but there's a couple of warnings above that.

Yeah, there can be very high or extreme fire danger that will be indicated by these signs.

... it's here in Utah, and it's 30 miles from where I'm speaking to you.

This is up Logan Canyon.

Many people, of course, in Cache Valley, northern Utah, will know about this, but many of our audience may not know about St. Ann's Retreat.

Give me the CliffsNotes version, the very fast version, of St. Ann's.

St. Ann's Retreat, um, was initially, um, a, a family compound where...

I- it was called Hatch's Retreat.

The Hatch family, um, had built the retreat, um, y- you know, in the, in the '30s, and it was a, it was a beautiful getaway in Logan Canyon.

And, um, it's actually gorgeous.

And researchers at Utah State University are studying how burned landscapes respond to rainfall, uh, to help communities prepare for dangerous runoff and debris flows following wildfires.

Now at USU's Water Research Laboratory near the mouth of Logan Canyon, team lead Belisa Lane, an associate professor of hydrology, and her team have been examining how wildfires, uh, alter vegetation and soil.

Now their research measures how quickly water will enter the ground to identify what weather conditions trigger flash floods, mudflows, and also sediment displacement.

Now Lane said that these risks can last upwards of around five years after a fire, emphasizing the need to track both immediate responses on burn scars and also long-term watershed recovery.

A group of scientists with the Utah Climate Center is traveling on a bumpy road to Peter Sinks.

It's a sinkhole in Logan Canyon.

András de Bosch is with them.

He's a Hungarian scientist who studies a weather phenomenon that often makes the bottoms of sinkholes colder than their rims.

And then also another recommended spot is Wasatch Mountain State Park, showing lots of reds and oranges because of those maples in the area.

Also pretty good color, but not yet at peak conditions, would be Snow Basin and Logan Canyon, including Sardine Canyon, showing some pretty good color.

Into southern Utah, Brian Head also picking up patchy conditions, but you will find some spots that are near peak conditions down in the southern mountains as well.

Haven't had a full report through central Utah, but I am seeing some color show up out there towards Miller Flat Road and, of course, the Skyline Drive area.

I know.

Isn't that wild? And, you know, we had one like this in April up by Logan Canyon.

I actually went out to that damaged site as well, and trees down snapped the whole nine yards.

And it's really perplexing.

I remember walking around some of the damage and just thinking to myself, this thing was violent.

I have seen tornado damage across the state.

Latest one I saw up in the Bear River Range or Logan Canyon.

It most definitely wild winds, but looking at the damage of this one, you could see that there were scars and scratches on the trees and you could tell there was more than just bent over trees, trees blowing over.