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General Conditions:
The skiing conditions are great! West aspects have supportable bases and creamy
powder. North aspects have deep
powder, although punchy in spots.
Once you get above tree-line, the Great North winds from Friday night
scoured ridgelines and destroyed the fluff. Hollow sounding hard-slabs & cross-loaded slopes have
been left in the quiet aftermath.
Visibility yesterday finally allowed for some avalanche
observations. Read on for more
information.
If your heading out today, the warm-up is on. Bring plenty of sun-screen and a
spring hat!
L.U.N.A.
was up on Thursday and groomed the entire track. And the Grand County Road Department did a great job
plowing the road. Mountain Weather: (At 10,500’) Today:
Mostly sunny, with
a high near 36. Calm wind becoming south southwest around 5 mph. |
Weather Station/ Location |
Snow Depth (HS):
in./cm |
New Snow (HN) in./cm |
|
Current Observations:
Wind, 48 hour snow |
Geyser
Pass Trailhead (9,600’): (snotel link) |
38” |
0 |
19 |
Sun-affected powder |
|
55” |
0 |
N/a |
Groomed Track |
|
55” |
0 |
n/a |
Powder |
N/a |
N/a |
23.6 |
N winds @ 3
gust to 6 |
Avalanche Conditions: (Link to the
International Avalanche Danger Scale here)
– With warming temperatures and light
winds, the natural avalanche cycle is all but over. If we get the warm-up as expected, there could be some wet-point
releases on South-West aspects in the afternoon. In the middle massif, 5 sizeable avalanches were recorded
on S-SE-NE-N aspects, the most photogenic being a HS-N-R4D2-WI
avalanche in the Little Tuk No Slide Path.
Three of the avalanches were due to cross-loading, and the other two started
around cliff bands. They all
started around tree-line. None
of them slid to the ground.
There are places in the alpine with tons of snow in place & they
look plump. I would definitely give
these areas some time to heal before hitting these big lines. As a result the BOTTOM
LINE for today is going to be an
avalanche danger of CONSIDERABLE on any steep slope greater than 35 degrees on N-NE-E-SE
slopes. Avoid cross-loaded
slopes and pronounced trigger points such as cliff bands. |