Webcam image courtesy of Kevin Dressel.

High clouds are streaming into the area ahead of an upper level low approaching from the northwest. Westerly winds are blowing in the 15-20 mph range along ridge tops and 10,000' temps are in the low 20's. We'll see mostly sunny skies today with mountain temps in the high 20's. Winds will be on the increase, shifting to the SW later today ahead of an approaching storm system that will affect our area Mon-Tues.

The mountains picked up another 4"-6" of new snow on Thursday bringing totals since Wednesday up to around 18". I had a look around on Friday, and observed winds transporting snow and signs of instability such as cracking in the snow surface. We chose to stick to low angle terrain off the Hart's Draw Road and only ventured a short way up North Creek. The large avalanche above Buckboard Flat, and heavy wind transporting of snow kept our decisions conservative. Though things have quieted down since then, the presence of buried weak layers, and areas of wind drifted snow continue to make human triggered avalanches likely, particularly on slopes with a northerly aspect.

Snowpack percentage of normal 115%