Avalanche Advisory
Advisory: Skyline Area Mountains Issued by Brett Kobernik for Wednesday - February 8, 2017 - 6:42am
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The overall avalanche danger is MODERATE. There is a CONSIDERABLE avalanche danger along the upper elevation ridgelines where the wind has been drifting snow. These fresh slabs of snow will most likely be sensitive to a person. Avoid cornices as they will most likely be sensitive also.




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current conditions

The storm is going to end up producing less snow than anticipated. The majority of the precipitation stayed to our north. The Fairview Canyon/Electric Lake area picked up about 6 inches of dense snow. Farther south on the Skyline you'll only find about two inches of new dense snow. The wind has been strong from the west southwest. Mountain temperatures are mild with most stations reading around freezing.
weather

The current storm is winding down and not much, if any, snow accumulation is anticipated today. Our focus now shifts to the next storm scheduled for Friday into Saturday. We should see some snow however, it looks as if the majority of the energy is going to dive south of us.
general announcements

We will publish full detailed advisories Saturday and Sunday mornings by 7am. We will also be publishing basic avalanche danger ratings & info during the week.

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