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| Advisory: Skyline Area Mountains | Issued by Brett Kobernik for Monday - November 16, 2015 - 6:52am |
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bottom line The thin snow cover makes travel difficult and stumbling or hitting rocks and stumps under the shallow snow cover is the biggest hazard right now. Expect the avalanche danger to increase today if the storm produces 6 inches or more of snow. The danger will rise to at least MODERATE which means human triggered avalanches are possible.
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current conditions The storm that moved through Tuesday Oct 10th, left 6 to 14" of snow in the mountains. This snow has been becoming weak on the higher, shady slopes through a process called "near surface faceting". This weak snow that is forming could act as a persistent weak layer once it gets buried by the next significant snow storm. We will continue to monitor the snow on the ground and keep an eye on how weak it becomes and how wide spread the weakness is.
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| general announcements We are currently publishing avalanche advisories as needed which is mostly related to new snow storms. If you are getting out into the mountains, we love to hear from you! You can SUBMIT OBSERVATIONS ONLINE or EMAIL US If you would like to have avalanche advisories emailed to you, SIGN UP HERE We can provide basic avalanche awareness presentations for your school, group or club. To enquire, CLICK HERE |
