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Forecast for the Skyline Area Mountains

Brett Kobernik
Issued by Brett Kobernik for
Sunday, March 11, 2018

The majority of the terrain along the Skyline has a LOW to MODERATE avalanche danger and most people can travel and recreate safely today. However, a CONSIDERABLE danger still exists in the upper elevation slopes steeper than about 35 degrees that face northwest, north and east. Human triggered avalanches are likely today in this terrain.

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Weather and Snow

Saturday was a nice day up in the mountains with mild temperatures and light wind. The snow is melting off fast at the lower elevations.

Overnight mountain temperatures were in the upper 20s with light southeast wind.

Recent Avalanches

I did not hear about any significant avalanche activity from Saturday.

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As time goes on, the chance for triggering an avalanche that breaks into weak sugary faceted snow near the ground becomes less. Triggering something is still a very real possibility though. Steep northwest, north and east facing upper elevation slopes are VERY suspect still. It's tricky now because you might get onto 20 slopes without triggering anything and then the 21st slope releases.

Additional Information

We'll see mostly cloudy skies today with high temperatures in the upper 30s and light easterly wind. Mild weather continues early in the week and then a storm system will start to impact our area later in the week perhaps bringing some snow.

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