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Forecast for the Skyline Area Mountains

Brett Kobernik
Issued by Brett Kobernik for
Saturday, November 14, 2015

There is not much concern about avalanche danger right now. The thin snow cover makes travel difficult and stumbling or hitting rocks and stumps under the shallow snow cover is the biggest hazard right now.

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Weather and Snow

The storm that moved through Tuesday Oct 10th, left 6 to 14" of snow in the mountains. This snow has been becoming weak on the higher, shady slopes through a process called "near surface faceting". This weak snow that is forming could act as a persistent weak layer once it gets buried by the next significant snow storm. We will continue to monitor the snow on the ground and keep an eye on how weak it becomes and how wide spread the weakness is.

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We are currently publishing avalanche advisories as needed which is mostly related to new snow storms.

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