UDOT PLANNED AVALANCHE CLOSURES!!

Forecast for the Skyline Area Mountains

Brett Kobernik
Issued by Brett Kobernik for
Thursday, November 22, 2018
The avalanche danger today is generally LOW. We will have increasing avalanche danger on the high elevation north facing slopes as the storm adds snow on top of old weak pre-existing snow from early October. The danger will most likely rise to MODERATE or CONSIDERABLE in terrain that faces northwest through northeast above about 9700' in elevation. Terrain outside of that description will have a LOW avalanche danger.
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Weather and Snow
The storm is upon us. It started early this morning and we're up to about 4" new snow now at 1pm. There is not really enough snow yet for any winter recreation but this could change soon with the current storm and potentially some more storms on the horizon.
There is some pre-existing weak sugary snow on the highest elevation northerly facing slopes. This will be something to look out for as we stack new snow on top of it. Stay tuned for how this old weak snow may influence the future avalanche conditions. I'll be watching this intently and will provide more information soon.
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Additional Information
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