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Forecast for the Abajos Area Mountains

Eric Trenbeath
Issued by Eric Trenbeath on
Friday morning, April 10, 2020
With a strong sun and warm temperatures, the danger for wet avalanches will rise to MODERATE today. Signs of instability include pinwheels, rollerballs, and point release sluffs. Get off of and out from under steep slopes that become wet and sloppy. .There also remains an isolated or MODERATE danger for triggering an avalanche on a buried persistent weak layer of loose, sugary, faceted snow. Areas of very steep, rocky, radical terrain where the snowpack is shallow and weak are the most suspect.
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Weather and Snow
Weather: Skies are clear and we got a good re-freeze last night. Look for sunny skies today, light SW winds, and high temps near 50 degrees. Saturday also looks warm and dry. On Sunday, a weak but cold system will drop in from the north bringing clouds and a very slight chance for snow showers. Temperatures will crash as we remain under a cold, NW flow through Wed.
Snowpack: With a solid freeze last night we should see a return to corn snow conditions today. Some soft snow can still be found on shady, upper elevation, northerly aspects but it's getting harder to find. In some of these areas, a layer of weak, sugary, faceted snow exists deeper in the snowpack. In isolated cases, it may be possible to trigger an avalanche down to this buried weak layer. Areas of very steep, rocky, radical terrain where the snowpack is shallower and weaker are the most suspect.
Snow totals at Buckboard Flat (8924')
Snow totals at Camp Jackson (8858')
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This forecast is from the U.S. Forest Service, which is solely responsible for its content. This forecast describes general avalanche conditions and local variations always occur.
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