Forecast for the Skyline Area Mountains

Brett Kobernik
Issued by Brett Kobernik on
Friday morning, January 31, 2020
We have a mostly LOW avalanche danger today. The danger will remain LOW through the weekend. Watch for drifting snow today. If the wind picks up enough, we may see some fresh drifts form.
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Weather and Snow
Current Conditions: Riding conditions remain good to excellent. A number of small storms over the last week or so have produced about a foot of total snow accumulation. There has not been much wind over the last couple of days. Overnight temperatures were in the low 20s but colder in the canyon bottoms.
Mountain Weather: We have a number of nice days in head of us with plenty of sun and very mild temperatures over the weekend. It looks like the northwest wind will increase in speed a bit as the day goes on. The next storm moves in Sunday night with much colder air. This should produce a decent little shot of snow for us and I'm anticipating 5 to 9 inches of snow by Tuesday. The wind direction will be very northerly so this may limit snow amounts a bit.
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When there is a mostly LOW avalanche danger, it is easy to forget about keeping an eye out for avalanche danger. Continue to be diligent about looking for clues to instability. Look for cracking within the snowpack especially in drifts along the ridges. Watch for drifting snow this afternoon if the wind picks up enough. This could form some fresh drifts. Also keep in mind that when the avalanche danger is LOW, we tend to accept more risk by getting into more radical terrain. This always increases the danger of triggering something.
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.