This Morning: Temperatures remain mild for mid-December, in the mid to upper 30's °F, with lower-elevation trailheads in the 20's °F where colder air sinks. Winds are blowing from the west and are light, less than 10 mph, with partly cloudy skies.
Today: Our unusual December weather continues, with temperatures rising into the 40's °F. Clearing skies this morning with clouds increasing during the afternoon. Winds will be from the west/northwest and light, gusting near 20 mph along the highest ridges, with increasing winds later this afternoon.
This Week: Active weather will return on Wednesday, with possibly 2-4 inches of warm, dense snow by Thursday morning. After a short break late this week, another warm storm is forecast for the weekend.
There is one to two feet of snow on northerly slopes, with south-facing slopes holding on to scraps of snow. The snowpack is supportable and travel is decent despite the thin snowpack.
Although no avalanches have been reported from the backcountry in a week, we continue to receive excellent observations on the current snowpack.
