The last avalanche forecast for the 2023-2024 season posted on April 21st. Thank you to all who contributed to the avalanche center this season through observations, volunteer time, and/or financial contributions.
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The last avalanche forecast for the 2023-2024 season posted on April 21st. Thank you to all who contributed to the avalanche center this season through observations, volunteer time, and/or financial contributions.
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November 29, 2006 at 1:00 am |
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This advisory was posted on Wednesday, November 29, 2006 at 6:20 pm
The most recent storm left us with a nice layer of very light, very cold snow. Coupling the supportable crust on northeasterly slopes above 9000' and the wind loading from the storm's south west winds, a few lucky people got out yesterday and made some turns before the winds shifted to the north and east late yesterday evening.
The new snow stayed cold and did not bond to the crusts on the northeast slopes. Due to the wind shift, the wind is now moving much of that nice powder onto the south and west facing slopes and leaving a breakable wind crust on the northeast facing slopes. On all aspects and at all elevations the snowpack is still shallow. With the combination of a shallow snowpack and the cold weather our snow is starting to develop facetted layers. These weaknesses will be potential failure layers as we start to get more snow.
The shallow snowpack poses other threats as well. It will hide stumps, rocks, creeks (brrrr), downed trees, and all sorts of other things for you to hit with your snowmobile, skis, snowboard, or in the worst case some part of your body. If you do get out be careful and please let us know what you see.
Andy Anderson, Avalanche Forecaster
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