Avalanche Advisory
Advisory: Skyline Area Mountains Issued by Craig Gordon for Tuesday - February 11, 2014 - 5:46am
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The avalanche danger remains HIGH. Deep, dangerous and possibly unsurvivable human triggered avalanches are likely. It is crucial to avoid all steep slopes. This includes staying out from underneath them also. Be careful while riding on summer roads that pass underneath steep avalanche paths. .
avalanche warning

AN AVALANCHE WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE MANTI-SKYLINE WHERE VERY DANGEROUS AVALANCHE CONDITIONS EXIST.  DEEP, DANGEROUS AVALANCHES CAN BE TRIGGERED FROM A DISTANCE AND LOW ON THE SLOPE. TODAY YOU NEED TO STAY OFF OF AND OUT FROM UNDER STEEP WIND DRIFTED TERRAIN.

 

 
special announcement

Our collective prayers, thoughts, and condolences go out to the friends and family of Clinton Conover who was tragically killed in an avalanche accident on Sunday.

Our preliminary investigation is found here.
current conditions

The recent storm cycle was good to the Skyline and it's instant winter. Unfortunately, all the snow has made traveling difficult and it's a wallowfest.

Recent trip reports can be found here.
recent activity

Avalanches everywhere. All aspects, elevations, and unusual locations... along with a crazy tale from the Skyline Mine.
Avalanche Problem 1
type aspect/elevation characteristics
LIKELIHOOD
LIKELY
UNLIKELY
SIZE
LARGE
SMALL
TREND
INCREASING DANGER
SAME
DECREASING DANGER
over the next 24 hours
description

All of the snow from November until mid January turned into a sugary faceted unconsolidated loose and weak layer of snow. We now have added a significant new slab (new layer of snow) on top of the weak layers. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS SETUP. Click here for a quick viddy describing the setup.
weather

A weather disturbance passing north of the area will bring increasing cloud cover today through tonight. A warm and moist storm track will develop beginning Wednesday, and persist through the end of the week. Although the heaviest precipitation is expected to remain north of the area, periods of snow with rising snow levels can be expected during this time.
general announcements

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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.

This advisory will be updated by 7:00 AM Saturday, February 15th, 2014.