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The avalanche danger is generally LOW. Remember that risk is inherent in mountain travel. Minor sluffing is likely on the steepest slopes and isolated pockets of hard wind drifts may be found in odd locations. Continue to avoid the large cornices along the ridgelines. Dangerous slide-for-life conditions will exist on many steep frozen slopes.
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Recent Activity
None, though I wouldn't be surprised to hear that more glide avalanches released yesterday or overnight in the usual haunts of Stairs, Broads, Mill B South, and Porter Fork.
Snow and Weather
Skies are partly to mostly cloudy in the wake of last night's cold front.
Mountain temps are again in the icebox: 11,000' temps are 9-11°F while trailheads are in the upper 20s.
The west to northwest winds pummelled the range with a few gusts to near 100mph but are trending down as we speak. Current hourly averages are 20-25mph with gusts to 40.
For all our trouble, we managed to squeeze a whole 2-3" out of the storm.
Riding conditions will be grim - dust on crust at best and I suspect few crusts will soften for any decent corn skiing.
Still, coverage remains excellent with 100-130" up high in the Cottonwoods and 70" along the PC ridgeline.
For today, we'll have partly cloudy skies with some possibility of a thunderstorm at some point. Winds will be northwesterly at 15-20mph. Temps will in the very low teens up high, the mid 20s down low. We'll stay generally cool and breezy through the week with perhaps something of storm mid-week. Warming trend by the weekend.
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This information does not apply to developed ski areas or highways where avalanche control is normally done. 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.