Eastside Region
Danger d’avalanche
Points saillants
LOW avalanche danger exists at all elevations. Minor loose-wet sloughing could become a potential on steep lower elevation slopes with southerly exposure as they warm. Firm and variable conditions abound.
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Avalanche Discussion
Another solid over-night refreeze will be followed by fully sunny skies today and temperatures a few degrees warmer than yesterday. However, a stronger breeze out of the S to SW today should keep southerly slopes a bit cooler and limit the potential for small loose-wet sloughing resulting from your turns to steep lower-elevation slopes. If you find yourself on a manky wet steep slope, you could cause some slough that could drag you off your feet and lead to a bad fall in consequential terrain.
Firm and variable conditions abound. Frozen slopes and firm windboards make crampons and a whippet or ice ax important tools to consider for travel in steeper terrain.
RECENT OBSERVATIONS
-2/28 – Convict – Bloody Mtn: Southerlies warming and softening.
-2/27 – Mammoth – Sherwins: Snowpack and conditions.
-2/27 – Mammoth – Smugglers Notch: Widespread surface hoar, snowpack.