Current Conditions: It's the real deal out there. Snow, wind, avalanches everywhere. The north end of the Skyline picked up another 9 inches of snow overnight. The central and southern end have only received a couple of inches. The wind from the southwest continues to be fairly strong. Temperatures have crept into the mid to upper 20s.
Mountain Weather: More snow and fairly strong wind is expected today. We could see a foot of new snow by Monday morning. Wind will shift and come from the northwest. It looks like temperatures will stay in the mid 20s or perhaps even cool off a bit. The storm starts to taper off on Monday with lingering snow showers. Tuesday actually looks mostly sunny then another storm may move through on Wednesday.
More natural and human triggered avalanches occurred on Saturday. This was the third day in a row of the natural avalanche cycle. I bet there's more today. We may never know the extent of it as much of the evidence will be covered up by the time things clear and we can move around and investigate. What we do know is the avalanche cycle is widespread and conditions have been very touchy. Photo below: Small natural on Saturday in Ephraim Canyon, Jayson Albee
