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Avalanche danger

  • Alpine
  • Treeline
  • Below treeline
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Highlights

The avalanche danger is rated at CONSIDERABLE again today.

Chances for triggering an avalanche are becoming less likely but it is still a very real possibility.

My personal travel technique is to continue avoiding the steep slopes until I'm satisfied that the buried weak layer is stable.

I don't feel like we are there yet.

Avalanche problems

  • Persistent Slabs

    • Alpine
    • Treeline
    • Below treeline
    Likelihood
    Likely
    Size
    3

    The November Persistent Weak Layer of sugary facets (DETAILS HERE) is still our biggest threat in the backcountry. However, it's not all doom and gloom. Stability is improving slowly. The buried sugary weak snow is not as loose as it once was. Sunday was the first day that we did not experience collapsing (whumpfing) of the snowpack underneath us. Snow pit stability tests produced stubborn results meaning it was hard to get them to fail (good news!!). HOWEVER, once they failed, they still cracked and propagated cleanly through the weak layer (bad news). We are not out of the woods yet. We really need some more snow to add weight which will continue to slowly smash the sugary facets into a stronger layer of snow. Stay tuned, it ain't over yet.

Snow and Weather

Current Conditions: Sunday was another beautiful day in the mountains with great riding conditions, high temperatures in the low 20s and light west wind. It looks like the west wind has bumped up just slightly in speed this morning.

Mountain Weather: We'll have another nice day today with highs again in the low 20s and light to moderate speed westerly wind. Clouds will move in Tuesday and it looks like we might see a small storm roll through on Wednesday night that could bring a few inches of snow. Another small storm is shaping up for this weekend. Overall, the weather pattern continues to look active through the long range.

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