Boletín de aludes

Skyline

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  • Límite del bosque
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The avalanche danger on the Skyline is CONSIDERABLE today.

Human triggered avalanches are again likely today.

Continue to avoid steep slopes especially those that have been wind loaded that face northeast, east and southeast.

Problemas de aludes

  • Wind Slabs

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    • Límite del bosque
    • Bajo el límite del bosque
    Probabilidad
    Likely
    Tamaño
    3

    No big change in avalanche conditions from Tuesday. Wind drifted snow remains the main focus. Fresh drifts and slabs may break within the upper layers of the most recent storm snow. There was an inversion in the top two layers of snow that was failing and producing avalanches over the previous weekend. This issue should be settling out and stabilizing. However, we saw more wind yesterday which drifted more snow which added more stress. So, the deal for today is that you may trigger one of these fresh drifts or slabs if you are poking around on steep slopes. .

  • Persistent Slabs

    • Alta montaña
    • Límite del bosque
    • Bajo el límite del bosque
    Probabilidad
    Likely
    Tamaño
    3

    Numerous layers of weak sugary snow plague the Skyline snowpack. I was decending through the woods on a snowbike yesterday and it was all I could do to keep the machine or me from augering into the bottomless sugar. The reason we're not seeing widespread avalanches breaking into these layers is that we just haven't gotten a significant new load of snow.

    That said, areas where the wind has drifted snow are areas where you could trigger a deeper avalanche today. It's a tenuous situation. Not all slopes will release but it's almost impossible to say for certain which slopes will stay in place and which won't.

    Personally, I can't try to thread the needle and analyze every steep slope to try and determine if I can get onto it. I know the snowpack is junk all over the place so I'm biding my time until I see stable conditions. I'm sticking to low angle terrain until conditions change.

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Snow and Weather

Current Conditions: A few flakes fell over the last 24 hours not really adding up to anything. Temperatures reached the mid 20s on Tuesday and dropped back into the teens overnight. Wind was in the moderate speed category again all day Tuesday but slowed overnight. All I can give the riding conditions is an OK rating. You can find some good snow. You can find some bad snow.

Mountain Weather: Expect clouds to roll in late morning or early afternoon. Wind will be light from the west southwest. Temperatures are going to warm into the upper 20s or low 30s. Thursday's expected small storm is actually looking a little better to me this morning. We could squeak out 3 to 6 inches of new snow. Hopefully that's the case because it looks like a period of high pressure starts to build in this weekend lasting well into next week.

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