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In sintesi

In the wind zone at and above treeline, you'll find MODERATE avalanche danger and human triggered avalanches are POSSIBLE. Fresh drifts on the leeward side of ridges will react to our additional weight and could catch you off guard on a sustained, steep slope. In addition, it's becoming more the exception than the rule, but avalanchesbreaking up to 4' deep and failing into persistent weak layers near the ground are still POSSIBLE. You know this program and you're familiar with usual suspects... steep, rocky terrain, with a shallow weak snowpack is guilty until proven otherwise.

Note to self... a little bird on my shoulder (actually a mid-size parrot in my puffy :) tells me, practice some patience and give the snowpack a little more time before stepping into big, rowdy, committing terrain. With no major changes in the weather department, I sense the avy hazard is trending towards LOW.

Problemi valanghivi

  • Persistent Slabs

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    An old, sled-triggered persistent slab avalanche from earlier in the weekend that broke on a shallow, shrubby, steep slope near Heber Mountain at 9,800' -- Thanks for sharing Nate. Check out more from his travels here.

    The snowpack is getting comfortable in its own skin and the likelihood of triggering a deep, dangerous avalanche is decreasing... and that's good news. But I gotta remind myself, the pack is in it's teenage years and still a bit unpredictable. Put together the right elements like steep, rocky terrain with a shallow, thin snowpack, tease it a little bit and now what seemed relatively predictable, is coming unglued.

    It not like rolling craps in Vegas, maybe a bit more like Minesweeper, play it long enough and eventually we're bound to stumble onto the booby trap. Remember, all we need to do is find a thin portion of the snowpack, like around a rock or bush, collapse the weak layer (whumpf), and now we're staring down the barrel of a dangerous avalanche. Don't forget, today's persistent slab avalanches are tricky, unmanageable slides. Instead of trying to outsmart the avalanche, avoidance is the go-to tool. So, I'm steering clear of the problem until it no longer exists or is buried deep enough and on the road to healing.

    Ted and I stomped around the periphery of Chalk Creek yesterday and found encouraging news where our snowpack is deep.

  • Wind Slabs

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    24 hour data dump from Windy Peak (10,662') illustrating an overnight bump in north and northeast winds.

    You might encounter a fresh drift or two especially on the south half of the compass where north and northeast winds were busy at work overnight. Easy to detect by their fat rounded appearance, they're even easier to avoid by losing a little elevation and steering towards wind sheltered slopes.

Recent Activity

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Snow and Weather

Nowcast - Near the high peaks, winds blowing 30-40 mph from the northeast, usher in a band of high clouds to an otherwise clear sky. With high pressure homesteading over the western US, temperatures start their day hovering in the low 30's°F. Clouds thin out and winds should relax somewhat as the day progresses. Daytime high temperatures climb to 40°F with overnight lows in the upper 20's °F.

Forecast - High pressure digs it heels in through the workweek, delivering mostly sunny skies with temperatures climbing into the low 40's °F. Overnight lows generally dip into the upper 20's °F.

Futurecast - While it's looking rather underwhelming for storminess, my fingers, eyes, and toes are crossed for a pattern change later this month.

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Travel Conditions - Riding and skiing across the range is 5-star on a supportable, go anywhere base. It's still thin at lower elevations, just about 1'-2' of total snow depth, but the Christmas Eve raincrust keeps us off the ground at mid and upper elevations where depths average 3'-5'. Strong sunshine and warm temps have had their way with solar aspects and low elevations. But don't let your heart be troubled... mid and upper elevation north-facing terrain offers spongy, dry powder, on a very reboundable base.

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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. This forecast was issued on Wednesday, January 14th at 0400 AM and expires 24 hours after it was issued. We'll update this information by 07:00 AM tomorrow.

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