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Forecast for the Skyline Area Mountains

Brett Kobernik
Issued by Brett Kobernik for
Thursday, December 15, 2016

The majority of the terrain has a LOW avalanche danger. A MODERATE avalanche danger exists along the higher, steepest, most exposed ridges and peaks where a person could trigger a fresh wind drift. ANTICIPATE THE AVALANCHE DANGER TO RISE FRIDAY AND SATURDAY WITH THE NEXT STORM.

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Weather and Snow

1 to 2 inches of snow fell early Wednesday morning. Temperatures were quite warm making the snow surface damp and heavy up to around 9500 feet on all aspects.

HERE is an observation from the MIller Flat/Huntington Canyon zone from Wednesday.

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Additional Information

A warm and windy storm in southwest flow will move in late Thursday and linger through Friday night. Snow levels will be about 8000' to start and dropping as the storm moves through. It's looking like 6 to 11" of new snow should fall.

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We will publish full detailed advisories Saturday and Sunday mornings by 7am. We will also be publishing basic avalanche danger ratings & info during the week.

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