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Forecast for the Skyline Area Mountains

Brett Kobernik
Issued by Brett Kobernik on
Monday morning, December 23, 2024
The overall avalanche danger on the Manti Skyline remains LOW.
If you are getting into steep terrain, continue to use standard backcountry protocol by only putting one person at a time on or below steep slopes.
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Weather and Snow
Current Conditions: The stagnant weather pattern continues. Sunday was another day of mild weather. Snow conditions are a mixed bag of crusts, slabs and some soft snow mixed in here and there. More info HERE from John Pikus who traveled around Staker a bit on Sunday. There was a slight increase in west wind overnight. Probably only noticeable on the highest most exposed peaks.
Mountain Weather: Today is the last day of mild weather before we see a pattern change. We'll have high temperatures into the mid 30s again with increasing clouds. Wind from the west will continue to increase a bit but I don't think it'll get too strong. There is a series of small storms moving through this week. The most notable is Christmas morning although it generally looks pretty meager. European weather models portray this event a bit more favorable than the US model. Hopefully that is the case.
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There is nothing significant to talk about as far as avalanche danger right now. The only situation that I can think of is the unlikely chance of triggering an old wind slab in the highest, steepest terrain.
Looking forward through the holidays, I'm anticipating that we'll see small amounts of snow that might increase the avalanche danger a bit but I'm not seeing anything super alarming at this point.
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