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here.Another dry cold front is in the works and temperatures are dropping into the single digits and low teens. Skies, unfortunately, are clear. West to northwest winds picked up overnight and are blowing 15-20mph with the highest ridgelines holding court with hourly averages of 30-40mph with gusts to 50 and 60.
For today, we'll have mostly sunny skies, moderate north to northeast winds, and temperatures in the teens.
Riding conditions remain quite good in the wind and sun protected terrain.
We'll have sunny skies through the weekend, with temps warming again into the upper 20s and low 30s.
The weather models have long hinted at a pattern change as we move into February. It does appear that a storm arrives from the northwest Monday night and we should have a better handle of its progression in the coming days.
A backcountry party yesterday reported a
very large avalanche at 10,000' on the northeast side of White Baldy in upper White Pine that likely ran Tuesday some time. Details are unknown but estimates are that it was a few feet deep and a thousand feet wide. I
suspect that an enormous natural cornice calved off from the ridgeline above and landed in just the right spot - steep, thin, rocky terrain - and triggered the avalanche.
***FORECASTER UPDATE: This slide occurred on or around Jan 6th.
Natural and human triggered loose snow "sluff" avalanches continue to be triggered in steep northerly terrain.
You can find all observations
HERE.
