24 Hour Snow: 0" 72 Hour Snow: 0" Season Total Snow: 63" Depth at Gold Basin: 28"

Southwest winds remain elevated for the third consecutive day. Today's winds stay southwesterly and average 20-25 MPH with gusts up to 35 MPH. High temperatures will reach the low 40s° F under mostly cloudy skies. Unseasonably warm temperatures continue for the next few days. A low-pressure system on Friday will bring snow to the mountains north of I-70, and temperatures will drop back to normal for this time of year. This system will bring clouds and a slight chance of snow showers to our region on Friday and Saturday.

The snow surface is thoroughly beaten down at pretty much all aspects and elevations. The big news is the weather, we have had three consecutive nights without a refreeze in the mountains. Today will be another warm one. The chances for wet loose avalanches are slowly increasing each day. In my travels yesterday, I found cold dry snow on the northerlies and damp surface snow on the southerlies. Yesterday, the threat of wet activity was pretty low and will increase only slightly today. After all, it is still winter, and the sun is pretty low in the sky. Also, strong winds are moving the air around and keeping snow surface temperatures relatively cold. All that said, if you are traveling on solar aspects, look for signs of loose wet avalanches. This should be an easy problem to manage today.