Abajos

Heads up, the danger for wet avalanches will increase over the next several days! The danger for loose wet avalanches will quickly rise to MODERATE on all sun-exposed slopes. Signs of instability include rollerballs, pinwheels, and punchy or sloppy unsupportable snow. Get off of and out from under steep slopes as they become wet and sloppy. With very warm temps and no overnight freezes over the next few days, we'll see increasing danger as well as the possibility for wet slab avalanches.

NWS Weather Forecast.

Snow totals at Buckboard Flat (8924')

Snow totals at Camp Jackson (8858')

Snowpack Discussion

Without an overnight freeze, any corn window will be fleeting at best. A very thin, supportable crust The snow will be punchy and unsupportable this morning and will quickly become sloppy today. As the sun warms things up, the danger for loose wet avalanches will quickly rise on all sun-exposed slopes. Unfortunately, this will be the trend over the next several days. With no overnight freezes and increasingly warmer temperatures each day, a more dangerous and harder to predict wet slab avalanche problem may emerge.

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