Forecast for the Skyline Area Mountains

Brett Kobernik
Issued by Brett Kobernik on
Thursday morning, February 15, 2018

The avalanche danger is CONSIDERABLE on slopes steeper than 35˚ above 9500' that face northwest, north and east especially in areas that received the most new snow. New snow and wind drifted snow have added weight on top of the shallow weak snowpack. That said, things won't be super sensitive or "hair trigger". Some of these slopes may avalanche, some may not. This makes things quite tricky. Outside of the terrain mentioned above, the avalanche danger is much lower.

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Weather and Snow

It looks like Ephraim Canyon was favored by the storm overnight picking up 9 inches of new snow. Fairview Canyon received about 4 inches. The southern end of the Skyline only picked up a few inches. West wind was strong but has been slowing over the last few hours. It's still a bit blustery. Mountain temperatures are in the upper teens.

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