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Forecast for the Skyline Area Mountains

Brett Kobernik
Issued by Brett Kobernik on
Saturday morning, December 7, 2024
The avalanche danger on the Manti Skyline is generally LOW.
It is unlikely that a person will trigger an avalanche today unless they are getting into extreme terrain.
Continue to use backcountry protocols by only putting one person at a time on or below steep slopes.
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Weather and Snow
Current Conditions: Surprisingly, you can still find pleasurable soft snow out there. The problem I'm noticing more and more is that the snowpack is becoming less supportable to skis and snowmobiles. During my outing on Friday, my partner and I found our tracks dropping and churning deep into the sugary facets in many locations. This tells me the snowpack is weakening. Temperatures have been hitting 40˚F during the day and staying in the upper 20s overnight. Wind speed has been light.
Mountain Weather: Today and tomorrow, expect more of the same weather we've been seeing. There is a very minor disturbance that will move through Sunday night into Monday bringing light snow with not much accumulation. The long term is quite depressing with very little precipitation in the forecast. It has been looking worse and worse each day.
Recent Avalanches
There haven't been any reported avalanches since Friday, November 29th.
CLICK HERE for a list of known avalanches on the Skyline.
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There is plenty of weak snow out there right now. We just don't have a significant enough slab on top of it to make it reactive. All the snow from Thanksgiving has relaxed and gone limp. It is pretty unlikely that we will see any avalanches until we get more storms.
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This forecast is from the U.S.D.A. Forest Service, which is solely responsible for its content. This forecast describes general avalanche conditions and local variations always occur.