The majority of the terrain on the Skyline has a LOW avalanche danger.
You can pretty much travel around most anywhere and be at ease that you won't trigger an avalanche.
However, there is still a chance that a person could trigger a large and deadly avalanche on northerly facing slopes steeper than 30˚ above about 10,000'.
I continue to be wary of the Persistent Weak Layer that formed in Jan/Feb. The amount of places that you can trigger one of these has really shrank. Places that are still likely are very steep northerly facing slopes above about 10,000'. If you want to travel on north facing slopes just make sure you're not on slopes steeper than 30˚ and there are not slopes steeper than 30˚ above you.
Current Conditions
There was a solid freeze last night with temperatures bottoming out at about 20˚F. West wind is quite strong along the high peaks.
Mountain Weather
Skies start out mostly clear today and some clouds will move through this afternoon. Temperatures will get into the upper 20s. Strong west wind this morning should slow as the day goes on. Hang on to your hats because it looks like we're going to get blasted by very strong southwest wind on Monday. A storm moves in Tuesday and is still looking pretty decent. I think 6 to 12" is reasonable to expect. The long term looks fairly active with numerous storm troughs spinning through the western US. I'd say there's more chances for snow through April.
This forecast is from the U.S.D.A. Forest Service, which is solely responsible for its content. This forecast describes general avalanche conditions and local variations always occur.
