Forecast for the Abajos Area Mountains
Issued by Eric Trenbeath on
Wednesday morning, April 8, 2020
Wednesday morning, April 8, 2020
The avalanche danger is MODERATE today. With a strong sun and warm daytime temperatures, the danger for wet avalanches will increase throughout the day. 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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