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Backcountry Avalanche Forecast
Front Range
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Summary
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Winds have finally backed off their mission of stripping away the November 10 to 16 storm snow. Temperatures have finally started to warm too, and the valley inversions have begun to ease. Our over-riding avalanche problem remains the Persistent Slab. Reported activity has started to slow, but the persistent weak layer that created the problem still exists.
Fresh loading of snow into starting zones backed off quite a bit beginning yesterday, so that helps relieve some of the building tension in the snowpack that ramped up with wind speeds last weekend. Our snowpack will be in a general holding pattern until our next storm cycle appears later this coming weekend. |
What You Need to Know About These Avalanches
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Persistent slabs can be triggered by light loads and weeks after the last storm. You can trigger them remotely and they often propagate across and beyond terrain features that would otherwise confine wind and storm slabs. Give yourself a wide safety buffer to handle the uncertainty. |
What You Need to Know About These Avalanches
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Wind slabs can take up to a week to stabilize. They are confined to lee and cross-loaded terrain features and can be avoided by sticking to sheltered or wind scoured areas. |
Weather Forecast for 11,000ft
Issued Thursday, November 20, 2014 at 6:36 AM by Scott Toepfer
| Thursday |
Thursday Night |
Friday |
| Temperature (ºF) |
22 to 27 |
10 to 15 |
22 to 27 |
| Wind Speed (mph) |
10 to 20 |
7 to 17 |
8 to 18 |
| Wind Direction |
W |
W |
W |
| Sky Cover |
Mostly Cloudy |
Mostly Cloudy |
Partly Cloudy |
| Snow (in) |
0-Tr AM |
0 to Tr |
0 |
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