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Forecast for the Skyline Area Mountains

Brett Kobernik
Issued by Brett Kobernik on
Wednesday morning, December 23, 2015

The avalanche danger is HIGH today. Wind and new snow has overloaded the weak snow that exists near the ground. Conditions are ripe for an accident. Stay off of and out from underneath any steep slopes. Consider avoiding backcountry travel today.

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Avalanche Warning

* TIMING...THROUGH 6 AM MST THURSDAY

* AFFECTED AREA...ALL THE MOUNTAINS OF NORTHERN AND CENTRAL UTAH AND SOUTHEASTERN IDAHO TO INCLUDE THE WASATCH RANGE, THE BEAR RIVER RANGE, THE WESTERN UINTAS AND THE MANTI-SKYLINE PLATEAU. OTHER MOUNTAIN RANGES WILL LIKELY BE AFFECTED AS WELL

* AVALANCHE DANGER...THE AVALANCHE DANGER FOR THE WARNING AREA IS HIGH

* IMPACTS...HEAVY SNOWFALL COMBINED WITH STRONG WINDS IS CREATING WIDESPREAD AREAS OF UNSTABLE SNOW. BOTH HUMAN TRIGGERED AND NATURAL AVALANCHES ARE LIKELY AND WILL OCCUR IN MANY AREAS. STAY OFF OF AND OUT FROM UNDER SLOPES STEEPER THAN 30 DEGREES.

Recent Avalanches

A natural avalanche cycle occurred on Tuesday. We don't have much info on the extent of it yet. All you need to know is that things are very dangerous out there right now.

Here's a couple videos showing what's been going on over the last 24 hours:

20151222 Skyline Huntington Cyn from Brett Kobernik on Vimeo.

Avalanche Warning Video from Trent Meisenheimer on Vimeo.

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