Avalanche Advisory
Advisory: Skyline Area Mountains Issued by Brett Kobernik for Monday - March 27, 2017 - 6:53am
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The avalanche danger starts out LOW this morning. It may increase to MODERATE depending on how the new snow expected this afternoon stacks up.




current conditions

Temperatures on Sunday didn't get overly warm with highs only in the low 30s in the higher terrain. The few inches of dense snow that fell on Saturday provided excellent riding conditions. The new snow did become damp on all but the highest due north facing terrain and will have a crust this morning.
recent activity

There was no wet snow avalanche activity on Sunday. I've been noticing numerous glide cracks scattered around the Manti Skyline. Many of these opened up during the warm spell earlier in the month. A few of them have released as an avalanche. It's best to avoid being below these cracks as it's hard to tell when they might release.
Avalanche Problem 1
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LIKELIHOOD
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UNLIKELY
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SMALL
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INCREASING DANGER
SAME
DECREASING DANGER
over the next 24 hours
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Your focus today should be on how the new snow behaves. I'm guessing we won't see enough during the day to really increase the avalanche danger much. It looks like the wind will hold off until late in the day also so there probably won't be much drifting going on. Just be aware that the new snow may increase the danger a bit during the snowfall.

weather

We'll see mostly cloudy skies today with periods of snow after noon. High temperatures will be around freezing and wind will remain fairly light from the south. The majority of the snow should stack up later this afternoon and this evening. I'm expecting 6 to 10 inches of new snow by Tuesday.
general announcements

We will publish full detailed advisories Saturday and Sunday mornings by 7am. We will also be publishing basic avalanche danger ratings & info during the week.

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