The last daily forecast will be Sunday, April 23. We will provide intermittent updates with any storm until Sunday, May 7th and will continue posting backcountry observations until then.
The UAC is sad to report that a resident was killed by a roof avalanche on Monday, April 17th, in the Town of Brighton. A report is available
HERE. Many communities still have a lot of snow on roofs that could produce similar avalanches.
Under overcast skies, it is lightly snowing in the mountains with no measurable precipitation as of 6AM. Trailhead temperatures are in the mid-teens and the highest weather station temperatures are hovering below 10 ˚F. Winds are lightly blowing from the west at the 9,000' ridgelines and blowing 20 MPH gusting to 38 MPH at the highest ridgelines.
Today will remain overcast with light snowshowers throughout the day. Temperatures will climb into the upper 20s and low 30s˚ F. Wind speeds will increase throughout the day blowing from the west-northwest at 20 MPH at the 9,000' ridgelines and blowing 20-30 gusting to 50 MPH at the highest ridgelines. There could be 2-5" of new snow in the mountains by this evening.
Another system moving through the area could bring more snowfall Friday.
We had no reports of avalanches from the backcountry yesterday. Find all avalanche and snowpack observations
HERE.
