Avalanche Advisory
Advisory: Skyline Area Mountains Issued by Brett Kobernik for Sunday - April 8, 2018 - 6:30am
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The overall avalanche danger is generally LOW today. I would avoid being on steep slopes or steep gullies in the mid elevations where the snowpack is totally wet and saturated. I am also still a little suspect of the steepest high elevation north through east facing slopes that still hold weak snow near the ground.




special announcement

THIS IS THE LAST WEEKEND FOR REGULAR AVALANCHE FORECASTING FOR THE MANTI SKYLINE
current conditions

After a warm rainy day in the mountains on Saturday, temperatures cooled off overnight down into the upper 20s. This will have frozen up the wet snow surface and we'll most likely find a slick frozen rain crust on the surface in the higher elevations this morning. The shallow snow in the mid elevations may still be wet and saturated. We may find a small amount of dense new snow that fell overnight at the highest locations but it won't be much if any. The wind became quite strong overnight from the northwest but has backed off this morning.
recent activity

I don't think conditions were right for any significant wet avalanche activity on Saturday. I don't think enough rain fell to really affect the weak snow deep in the snowpack. I'll have a look around today to confirm this.
Avalanche Problem 1
type aspect/elevation characteristics
LIKELIHOOD
LIKELY
UNLIKELY
SIZE
LARGE
SMALL
TREND
INCREASING DANGER
SAME
DECREASING DANGER
over the next 12 hours
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I'm not expecting dangerous avalanche conditions today. Cooler temperatures will help lock up the snowpack at least in the higher terrain. Continue to pay attention to conditions if you're heading out today. There is hardly enough snow in the mid elevations to recreate on but if for some reason you're in that terrain and you're finding it very wet and unsupportable, I'd stay away from steep slopes and gullies.
weather

The storm has moved out and we'll see partly cloudy skies with breezy ridge top wind from the northwest. Ridge top high temperatures will be around 30. We'll see a warming trend through mid week with mostly clear skies. A colder storm is shaping up for later in the week that looks like it will bring some snow.
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