FREE BEACON TRAINING
When: Saturday, Feb 13, 9am to 1pm
Where: North Skyline Drive parking lot at the top of Fairview Canyon.
How it works: Show up anytime between 9am and 1pm and we'll spend an hour to an hour and a half showing you how to perform an effective beacon search.
Current Conditions: Westerly wind spiked a bit overnight with a couple of hours with gusts into the 50s along the most exposed peaks. I think we've seen their max speed for the day. Temperatures remain steady in the mid 20s.
Mountain Weather: Today we'll see increasing clouds, moderate speed westerly wind and highs in the upper 20s. Weather models continue to tell us that an active wet pattern will move in through the middle of next week. The first storm moves through tonight lingering into Friday. It doesn't look real windy and temperatures remain fairly mild. Currently I'm thinking 5 to 10" by mid day Friday. Another similar impulse will move through Saturday with another good shot of snow, increasing southwest wind and temperatures dropping into Sunday. It seems possible that we could see a foot of snow total out of these two storms or more if things shake out right.
I finally was able to finish compiling all of the avalanche reports from activity earlier in the week. I recorded 11 avalanche reports this week. At least four were snowmobile triggered with one person getting caught and carried in the upper end of The Cove.
AVALANCHE LISTPhoto: 4 foot deep fracture line from The Cove
You can always check out the complete avalanche list through the "Skyline Avalanches & Observations" link at the bottom of the forecast.
