Forecast for the Skyline Area Mountains

Brett Kobernik
Issued by Brett Kobernik on
Monday morning, December 2, 2019
The avalanche danger remains CONSIDERABLE in the high elevation northwest through east facing terrain. Avoid those steep high elevation more northerly slopes because you are likely to trigger something if you go into that terrain. If you stay out of this described terrain, the avalanche danger is much lower.
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Recent Avalanches
Collapsing of the snowpack continued on Sunday in the high elevation more northerly facing terrain continued. This included at least one human triggered avalanche that the party triggered remotely from over 100 feet away. DETAILS HERE.
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Avalanche Problem #1
Persistent Weak Layer
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The old weak sugar snow from October continues to prove it's weak enough to cause avalanches on those high elevation northwest, north and northeast facing slopes. I'd be wary of high east facing slopes as well. Don't mess with these slopes right now. We'll keep an eye on the progression of the weak layer and hopefully it will heal in a reasonably short time frame rather than lingering for half the winter. Stay tuned.
Additional Information
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.