YESTERDAY:
Sunrise Friday am, 08:01 Hrs. -6 with a 5-10 NNE breeze. -1 in the valley.2240 meters -9, Winds were 5-10 KPH W--Horstman Hut
1860 meters -6, Winds were 5-10 KPH ESE --Rendezvous
1560 meters -7, 0 cm in 12 Hrs, 2 cm in 24 Hrs, Base 64 cm--Catskinner
FORECAST:
Upper level ridge will bring sunny skies for early this morning in a Northerly flow aloft. Scattered cloud will move in this am as well and increase later today in a Westerly flow aloft. The FL will hover around surface. Weak frontal band arrives Sunday morning near daybreak with periods of light precipitation into early Monday am. Drying trend Monday morning with another weak front arriving in the afternoon with very light precipitation. May see some sunny breaks Monday morning. Slightly more active front for Tuesday with periods of light precipitation. A series of frontal bands will continue for much of the week. Friday could be the most active. Guesstimates: 0 cm by Sunday am, 2-6 cm by Monday am, 2-4 cm by Tuesday am, 8-12 cm by Wednesday am.
AVALANCHE ACTIVITY:
Since Wednesday, both natural and controlled avalanche activity has been mostly limited to loose dry sluffs of diminishing size. A size 1 skier accidental storm slab was reported on a north aspect at 2000 m, with crown depth 10-30cm on Piccolo.
INFORMATION & OBSERVATIONS:
Pits and more pits.LOCAL AVALANCHE CANADA MIN REPORTS:
420 Trees: Dec 10, 2020
Paul's: Dec 10, 2020
Brohm Ridge: Dec 10, 2020
Flute Bowl: Dec 11, 2020
Pump Peak: Dec 11, 2020
VIDEOS:
Powder Picker, Dec 11, 2020: David Jones
Avalanche Escape: Mael Ollivier
ARTICLES:
Avalanche Canada launches tutorial for Backcountry Beginners: Avy Savvy
Watch where you park in the backcountry: Colorado
We trust our intuitions even when they are wrong: HAT
Avalanche information for the Scottish Mountains: SAIS
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