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Forecast for the Skyline Area Mountains

Craig Gordon
Issued by Craig Gordon on
Thursday morning, February 13, 2014

The avalanche danger remains HIGH. Deep, dangerous, and possibly unsurvivable human triggered avalanches are likely. It is crucial to tone it down, avoid all steep slopes, and consider the consequences of triggering an avalanche that breaks to the ground, taking out the entire seasons snowpack.

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Avalanche Warning

AN AVALANCHE WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE MANTI-SKYLINE WHERE VERY DANGEROUS AVALANCHE CONDITIONS EXIST. DEEP, DANGEROUS AVALANCHES CAN BE TRIGGERED FROM A DISTANCE AND LOW ON THE SLOPE. TODAY YOU NEED TO STAY OFF OF AND OUT FROM UNDER STEEP WIND DRIFTED TERRAIN.

Special Announcements

Our collective prayers, thoughts, and condolences go out to the friends and family of Clinton Conover who was tragically killed in an avalanche accident on Sunday.

Our preliminary investigation is found here.

Weather and Snow

Warm, wet, and windy. An inch or two of very dense snow fell overnight and temperatures are in the low to mid 30's. Southwest winds blew in the 20's and 30's Wednesday, diminishing late in the day and are currently blowing 10-15 mph along the high ridges.

Recent trip reports can be found here.

Recent Avalanches

Avalanches everywhere. All aspects, elevations, and unusual locations... along with a crazy tale from the Skyline Mine.

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Avalanche danger remains HIGH on the Manti-Skyline and the elevated danger isn't going to magically disappear. The setup is dangerous because early season snow grew weak and sugary over time and now we have a cohesive piece of snow resting on top.... strong snow on weak snow. The snowpack needs some time to heal and we need to exercise some patience. For the next couple of days you need to avoid being on or under steep slopes, especially those that face the north half of the compass.

Click here for a quick viddy describing the setup.

Additional Information

Cloudy, warm, and wet conditions are on tap as a series of embedded waves within a west-northwest flow continue to bring high density snowfall through Friday. West and northwest winds blow into the 20's and 30's along the high ridges and temperatures warm into the upper 30's before dipping in the high 20's overnight. A break in the action is expected late Friday into Saturday and temperatures warm considerably, before a fast moving cold front brings additional snow Sunday.

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The information in this advisory is from the US Forest Service which is solely responsible for its content. This advisory describes general avalanche conditions and local variations always occur.

This advisory will be updated by 7:00 AM Saturday, February 15th, 2014.

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