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Nowcast- It's a beautiful start to the day with clear skies over the City of Salt, which highlight a waxing, Crescent Moon overhead. Meanwhile, thermometers are deep into the graveyard shift, but look forward to warming up for their weekend, though currently register in the teens and low 20's. After days of east winds blasting the ridges, they added a southerly component to the setlist and now blow 10-20 mph from the southeast. Riding and turning conditions are a mixed bag. Our big, open terrain took a tough hit with recent winds, and strong sun added a heat crust to the sunnies. But don't get discouraged by all the blow and little snow... sheltered terrain offers soft, settled powder.
Forecast- A few clouds drift through the region, but in general, look for mostly sunny skies, warming temperatures, and somewhat pesky ridgetop winds continuing throughout the day. High temperatures climb into the upper 30's, whilst winds, blowing from the east and southeast take a break from their recent hectic pace and average in the 15-25 mph range near the peaks. Clouds thicken overnight and low temperatures dip into the low 20's
Futurecast- Expect mostly sunny skies returning for Sunday and into the upcoming week with temperatures climbing a few degrees each day. Potential storminess develops to wrap up the workweek.
Left image shows wind jacked snow found in open terrain near and above treeline, while the image to the right illustrates creamy pow, a clean slate, and a beautiful signature found on sheltered slopes.... well played Amigo!
From Thursday, but still worth honorable mention-
Trevor "powder" Katz is a solid snow-pro, long time caller... first time listener, who reports the avalanche in the image above occurred on a steep southerly slope, a result of Wednesday's nuking winds.
TK is always on the case and first to report breaking avalanche news. More importantly... Trevor is a kind heart and all around amazing person... and we need more of that in our world :)
Meanwhile, last weekend I took a look at a ginormous, boxcar sized cornice which broke unpredictably.
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