Man... it's warm this morning! Don't get me wrong... it's a good thing. While the mild weather might not bode well for snow tire sales or winter activities in general, the pre-existing snowpack is psyched, because these temperatures combined with cloud cover are helping to keep some strength and structure in our snowpack. Until it starts storming, avalanche conditions are rather benign because the thing we're missing right now is a cohesive, connected slab.
Heads up- with a couple storms headed our way, expect a rising avalanche danger, especially later this week. Trent put together a viddy overview of current conditions. Click here to view.
Old snow... no snow. The bowl to the right might be bushy, but that's exactly the kind of terrain we wanna choose once winter does kick into gear because there's no pre-existing weak snow for avalanches to fail on.
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