Introduction: Good
morning, this is Dave Medara with the CHECK OUT OUR NEW GROOMING
EQUIPMENT HERE. To see past advisories check out the ARCHIVE. To see current conditions go to our WEATHER PAGE. To see photos go to the AVIPHOTOS page. Please give us your observations from
the field HERE. The more observations we get, the better
this forecast can be. |
Weather Station/ Location |
Snow Depth (HS): in./cm |
New Snow (HN) in./cm |
|
Current Observations:
Wind, 48 hour snow |
Geyser
Pass Trailhead (9,600’): (snotel link) |
17” |
|
12 |
Cold, no new snow |
|
35” |
|
N/a |
NW winds, cold |
|
25” |
|
n/a |
POWDER (& rocks!) |
N/a |
N/a |
0 |
15-25 mph @ NNW |
Avalanche Conditions: (Link to the
International Avalanche Danger Scale here)
– Not much new info since
Max’s last avi report on Thursday. Check out some of the avalanches we
saw on our tour last Wednesday here.
There was widespread activity on North and NE facing slopes and the snowpack
tests we did supported those observations. The La Sal snowpack is highly
variable, layered, and showed a significant weakness at the old/new snow
interface. It is worth noting that some of these slides stepped down to the
ground and produced some pretty large avalanches. Being 5 days out from the bulk of the storm
with these cold temperatures is a definite stabilizing trend and winds out of
the North are pushing snow onto south facing slopes stripping the load from
the more tender shady slopes. While the hazard is on a decreasing trend, we
still feel that there is a possibility of avalanches on steep North and NE
facing slopes that have not run yet and are keeping the avalanche danger
rating at MODERATE with pockets of CONSIDERABLE
on high elevation N and NE facing slopes. Sunny side slopes have poor cover
so stay clear until we get more snow, which seems like it’s going to be
a while…We’ll update this forecast tomorrow morning, thanks for
checking in. |