Good morning, this Dave Medara with the If you have been out in the backcountry, please post your OBSERVATIONS with us! To check out past advisories, go to ARCHIVE. To check out the current weather, go to our WEATHER page. For more information on snowmobiling on the Skyline, click this LINK |
General Conditions: 8-12”of new snow this week will help with the snow conditions out there today on the Skyline. Expect some of the slopes that got warm yesterday to be pretty crusty to start but the cooler temperatures will leave a little powder for the powder hounds this weekend on shadier aspects. As always, when things get warm and sloppy this afternoon, stay off the steeps. Another small shot of snow is possible Monday. Even with this new snow we are only at about 40% of normal for the season on the Wasatch Plateau. At least we’re ending well…
Mountain Weather:
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Weather Station/ Location |
Snow Depth (HS): in./cm |
New Snow (HN) in./cm |
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Current Observations:
Wind, 48 hour snow |
Mammoth/Cottonwood SNOTEL
(8,800’): |
25.6 |
12” (wed - thurs) |
20.2 |
8-12” new |
Seeley Creek SNOTEL (10,000’): |
17.3 |
12” (wed-thurs) |
27 |
15 mph WNW Gust 20 |
37” |
8” (wed-thurs) |
19.6 |
15 mph WSW Gust 23 |
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Miller
Flat Trailhead: |
32” |
0” |
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Pulled for season. Where’s our total stake? |
Avalanche Conditions:
(Click here
for the International Avalanche Danger Scale) Expect things to be a little snowier when you drive up to the Skyline this morning than you’ve seen them in a while. Avalanche conditions have been stabilizing with the spring melt-freeze cycles and the new snow seems to have bonded well with the underlying crusty surfaces. There are going to be some areas of wind drifted snow and cornices on SE through NE facing downwind slopes where a human triggered avalanche will still be possible in the new snow. We are calling the avalanche danger MODERATE in these areas of wind deposited snow. In other areas, especially the sunny aspects, the danger will start off LOW then rise to MODERATE with daytime warming. This will be the final avalanche advisory for the 2006 -2007 season. We’ll see you next year. |