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Forecast for the Skyline Area Mountains

Brett Kobernik
Issued by Brett Kobernik on
Tuesday morning, January 19, 2016

Continued ridgetop wind coupled with new snow overnight dictates a CONSIDERABLE danger along the very steep upper elevation more east facing terrain. Look for any recent natural avalanches and watch for cracking on the snow surface. Use small test slopes to see how sensitive the new wind drifts are. Out of terrain affected by the wind the avalanche danger is LOW to MODERATE.

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Recent Avalanches

Cade Beck stumbled onto an avalanche that looks to have been triggered by a snowmobiler in upper Rolfson Canyon either on late Sunday or Monday some time. It broke into old snow near the ground. Recent wind loading may have been a big contributor to this avalanche. Check the details below:

Date Region Place Trigger Depth Width Aspect Elevation Weakness
01/18/2016 Skyline Rolfson Snowmobiler Northeast 9800 Facets Details
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