Avalanche Advisory
Advisory: Abajo Area Mountains Issued by Eric Trenbeath for Monday - December 19, 2016 - 7:32am
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Due to low snow coverage, the avalanche danger is mostly LOW in the Abajos but isolated areas of MODERATE danger exist on slopes in extreme, upper elevation terrain that has a N-NE-E aspect.




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current conditions

Winter has finally made an appearance in the Abajo/Blue Mountains with up to a foot of new snow falling on December 16 at the upper elevations. But It's still pretty thin coverage with a lot of grass and bushes poking out, even up high. Less than a foot of snow total exists on the ground at the Dalton Springs Trailhead, and by large, travel off the road is still not advisable. Strong winds also impacted the area during the storm, and numerous trees are down across the road up to North Creek Pass.

After making it around and over numerous down trees in the North Creek Road, this finally shut me down.


Still pretty thin up there.


But that didn't stop Todd and Randy from going for it!

weather

Monday

Sunny, with a high near 26. West wind 5 to 10 mph becoming south in the afternoon.

Tonight

Mostly clear, with a low around 17. West wind around 10 mph.

Tuesday

Sunny, with a high near 34. West southwest wind 5 to 15 mph.

Tuesday Night

Mostly clear, with a low around 19. West wind around 15 mph.

Wednesday

Mostly sunny, with a high near 28. North northwest wind 10 to 15 mph.

Wednesday Night

Mostly clear, with a low around 16.

Thursday

A 20 percent chance of snow. Mostly sunny, with a high near 28.

Thursday Night

A slight chance of snow. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 21.

Friday

A slight chance of snow after 11am. Partly sunny, with a high near 28.