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Forecast for the Skyline Area Mountains

Brett Kobernik
Issued by Brett Kobernik on
Tuesday morning, February 26, 2019
The overall avalanche danger is MODERATE today. HUMAN TRIGGERED AVALANCHES ARE POSSIBLE.
Your biggest concern is finding a fresh drift that may crack out. These will mostly be found along the upper ridges that face more towards the east and northeast.
Continue to use caution in areas with a shallow snowpack as there is a chance that a person could trigger an avalanche that breaks into weak sugar snow near the ground.
Avoid steep sunny slopes as they heat up mid day especially when they get really wet and sloppy.
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Weather and Snow
Monday was the warmest day we've seen in a long time. Sunny slopes became wet and you'll find a stout sun crust on many southeast, south and southwest facing slopes.
Overnight temperatures were in the mid to upper 20s and the southwest wind continues to be moderate in speed.
Today looks like another fairly nice day today with partly cloudy skies and mild temperatures getting into the low 30s.
The extended outlook looks snowy in the mountains. Currently it looks like a small shot of snow Wednesday night. Then a bigger storm Thursday into Friday with a break on Saturday. Another storm moves through Sunday into Monday. It's currently looking like 1 to 2 feet of snow by next Tuesday.
Recent Avalanches
My partner was able to initiate a wet loose sluff on a small steep creek bank mid day on Monday. It wasn't a large slope so it didn't entrain much snow but it does demonstrate that it's the time of the season that we need to pay attention to slopes that get heated up by the sun. The small slide was enough to push him down while riding his snowbike.
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