Forecast for the Abajos Area Mountains
Issued by Eric Trenbeath for
Sunday, March 27, 2022
Sunday, March 27, 2022
Near record daytime temperatures, and two nights without a re-freeze have created dangerous conditions in the backcountry.
The avalanche danger will quickly rise to CONSIDERABLE on steep, sun exposed slopes. Most due south facing slopes are dry but natural and human triggered loose, wet avalanches are likely, and wet slab releases are possible on adjacent sun exposed slopes..
On slopes facing NW-N-NE-E, melt water percolating down to the buried persistent weak layer may increase the likelihood for human triggered avalanches 2'-3' deep. A fair amount of uncertainty surrounds this scenario but current conditions make this kind of terrain high risk and low reward. Avalanche terrain should be avoided today.
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