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AVALANCHE BULLETIN
Monday, November 07, 2005 3pm
Good afternoon,
this is Evelyn Lees with the
Current Conditions:
Our sparse “snowpack” consists of 12 to 18” on shady
slopes above about 9500’ in the upper Cottonwoods, with equal or greater
amounts at the higher elevations in the
Avalanche Discussion:
A backcountry snowboard
fatality Sunday in
We are not rating the backcountry
avalanche danger at this time. But tomorrow’s storm should produce enough snow to officially
push us into the avalanche season. I
expect the new snow to bond poorly to the icy crusts, with slides running above
or just below the ice crust. This
problem will be most wide spread on steep northwest through easterly facing
slopes above about 9,500’. As the snow
builds up tomorrow, approach any slope steeper than about 35 degrees with great
caution. Also avoid any steep slope with
recent drifts of wind blown snow. These
drifts will be found both along the ridges and cross loaded around terrain
features such as rocks and gully walls. Hopefully,
the warm temperatures will help the bonding at the mid elevations.
Mountain Weather:
The approaching storm system should reach northern
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We will update this forecast again on Tuesday afternoon.
Thanks for calling.