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Under mostly cloudy skies, the mountain temperatures are in the upper teens to low 20's °F across the board. Winds are blowing southwest 5-10 mph gusting to 15 mph across the upper elevation terrain. Since Friday, we've picked up a trace to 4" of new snow.
For today, we can expect on and off again snow showers and, at times, partly cloudy skies. Temperatures will remain below freezing at elevations above 9,000'. Winds are forecasted to pick up this morning and into the early afternoon with 9,000' ridgelines blowing southwest 10-20 mph and 11,000' blowing southwest 20-30 mph gusting to 50 mph.
The riding and turning conditions remain epic with soft powder on many aspects at the upper elevations. Aspects that were kissed by the sun will support a thin crust with 2-4" of new snow on top. At lower elevations, the snow is damp and manky.
The string of human triggered avalanches continues in the backcountry. In the past five days, we've had 42 human triggered avalanches with 14 people being caught and carried. Yesterday was no exception with another seven human-triggered slides and three people going for rides.
- Farmington Lakes - 8,500' northeast facing 2.5' x 300' wide.
- Mt. Wolverine - 10,200' southwest facing 8" x 50' wide. One rider caught and carried.
- Mill B South - 10,000' southwest facing 2' x 100' wide. One rider caught and carried.
- Neffs - 9000' northwest facing 6" x 10' wide.
- Benson & Hedges Ridge - 10,200' west facing 12"x 50' wide running 1,000' vertical.
- Brighton Backcountry - 9,800' west facing 12" x 40' wide.
- Evergreen Ridge - 9,600' northwest facing 12" x 40' wide. One rider caught and carried.
