Nowcast- Above a building valley inversion in the City of Salt, the air is clear and temperatures crisp, currently registering in the single digits. Near the high peaks, west and northwest winds blow 10-20 mph. And while it's been a minute or two since our last storm, soft, recycled powder is still found in wind sheltered terrain facing the north half of the compass.
Forecast- Another glorious day is on tap with mostly sunny skies, temperatures climbing into the upper 20's, and northwest winds blowing 10-20 mph along the high ridges.
Futurecast- A little brush-by late Friday ushers in slightly cooler air, but sunny skies return for Saturday into early Sunday. Looking into the future, a potentially significant storm system slides through the area late Sunday into Monday, though uncertainty remains about timing and potential snow amounts.
Ka-Pow! Weston D and Mark Staples took a rip around Smith-Moorehouse Monday and report amazing coverage with even more amazinger riding conditions. Their trip report is found HERE.
Huge thanks for all the great obs streaming in from the eastern front. Detailed trip reports and recent obs are found
HERE.
It's been generally quiet the past few days, though with a cornice drop yesterday, I intentionally triggered a shallow fresh drift on a sustained steep slope facing the south half of the compass. Not a big slide, which in fact gobbled itself up in short order as it descended the slope.
The last significant avalanche reported on Saturday, January 28th in the Mill Hollow zone. More deets found
HERE.No other significant recent avalanche activity to report. However, if ya wanna geek out, click
HERE to track this years slide activity throughout the range.
