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Forecast for the Skyline Area Mountains

Brett Kobernik
Issued by Brett Kobernik for
Monday, April 10, 2017

The avalanche danger is generally LOW today. There may be some minor wet avalanche activity on the sunny slopes later today. Some of the large drifts that formed Saturday night may become unstable on the steepest slopes with daytime heating as well.

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Weather and Snow

The cold and very windy storm on Saturday night produced 2 to 4 inches of snow that really got blown around. On Sunday I found areas with drifts up to 3 feet deep and other areas scoured to the old snow surface. The wind drifted snow quite low in the canyons as well as along the higher ridges. I poked and nudged at a number of drifts and was not able to get any of them to crack.

Overnight mountain temperatures again dipped into the teens. West wind has been in the light to moderate speed range along the higher terrain.

Recent Avalanches

Sunday, I noted some minor cornice falls that triggered shallow avalanches. They occurred during the windy storm on Saturday night. They did not run far or pile up large amounts of debris.

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