Avalanche Advisory
Advisory: Abajo Area Mountains Issued by Eric Trenbeath for Wednesday - March 1, 2017 - 7:28am
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The avalanche danger is MODERATE and human triggered avalanches are possible on steep slopes with recent deposits of wind drifted snow. On steep, upper elevation slopes that face N-NE-E, there may be areas of CONSIDERABLE danger. Backcountry travelers today need to be able to identify recently formed wind slabs and avoid steep slopes where they are present. Look for signs of instability such as cracking in the snow surface, and avoid smooth, rounded pillows of recently deposited, wind drifted snow.




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The Abajo/Blue Mountain avalanche advisory will provide detailed information on the weekends. During the week, general information and a danger rating will be posted.

current conditions

The Abajo/Blue Mountains picked up as much as 8" of new snow yesterday, and I received reports of collapsing and whumphing in the snowpack. Southwesterly winds on Monday blew in the 30-40 mph range, shifting to northwesterly by Tuesday. High temperatures at 10,000' were near 20 degrees.

weather

High pressure will build through the remainder of the week with gradually warming temperatures. We might see a change early next week, but nothing major is looming on the horizon.

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The information in this advisory is from the US Forest Service which is solely responsible for its content. This advisory describes general avalanche conditions and local variations always occur.