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Forecast for the Skyline Area Mountains

Brett Kobernik
Issued by Brett Kobernik on
Wednesday morning, January 28, 2026

There has been no change in avalanche conditions and the overall danger rating is still LOW. The biggest threat when traveling in the mountains right now is hitting a hidden obstacle buried under the shallow snowpack.

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General Conditions: Wow. Relentlessly boring and frustrating weather for us winter enthusiasts. We've had light wind from the south and mild daytime temperatures. Snow surface conditions contain a variety of crusts in varying thickness, some stout wind board, and some areas with soft, dense settled snow. Overall depths average about 2 feet deep in the higher terrain.

Mountain Weather: We'll see increasing clouds today with high temperatures in the mid 20s. Wind from the southwest starts out light, then shifts more west and northwest with increasing speeds later on. A very minor weather disturbance moves through this afternoon, and we might see a snowflake fall if we watch closely. It looks like we'll see varying clouds over the next few days with unseasonably warm weather moving in for the weekend. A small storm is possible next Tuesday. It's too far away to speculate much about it.
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The snowpack is mostly stable right now, and human-triggered avalanches are unlikely. You can basically travel anywhere the shallow nature of the snowpack allows without worry of triggering an avalanche. Keep in mind if that for some reason you are getting into very steep, radical upper elevation terrain, there's always a minor chance to crack out a small wind drift.

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