The overall avalanche danger is LOW to MODERATE. You can travel safely in the majority of the terrain along the Skyline. There's still a chance you could find trouble in the high elevation steep northerly facing slopes.
Continue to use caution if you are traveling around the higher more northerly facing slopes. As time goes on, triggering an avalanche in this terrain becomes less likely.
Welcome to the First Annual Avalanche Awareness Week. We have 20 events scheduled for this week. Check out the schedule here and we hope to see you at an event.
Need a Christmas present for your favorite backcountry partner? Get one of these cool t-shirts to support the UAC and other avalanche centers across the U.S.
As part of your early season tune-up, consider taking an avalanche class. We have lots of avalanche education classes listed already, from Know Before You Go to Companion Rescue to our Backcountry 101. Click on the Education menu on our webpage for a full list of classes from the UAC and other providers. Check out the Know Before You Go eLearning program for free, online, avalanche classes.
SNOWPACK: The snowpack has settled and consolidated nicely during the week. It is supportable in most higher elevation locations and travel is easy. Check out THIS BACKCOUNTRY OBSERVATION for some more details.
WEATHER: We have a nice day in store today with mostly clear skies, mild temperatures and fairly light ridgetop southwest wind. The next storm will start to move in later on Saturday with increasing clouds and increasing wind speeds. Most of the snow fall will happen Sunday. It looks like about a 6 inch storm as far as snow totals.
SKYLINE AVALANCHES & OBSERVATIONS
This forecast is from the U.S. Forest Service, which is solely responsible for its content. This forecast describes general avalanche conditions and local variations always occur.
