YESTERDAY:
Sunrise Thursday 08:06 Hrs. -4 with a 20-35 KPH SW wind. +1 in the valley.2240 meters -7, Winds were 55-80 KPH SE--Horstman Hut
1860 meters -4, Winds were 25-40 KPH SE --Rendezvous
1560 meters -2, 3 cm in 12 Hrs, 3 cm in 24 Hrs, Base 77 cm--Catskinner
FORECAST:
A warm front will slide into the area today in a Westerly flow aloft. We can expect the FL to hover in the 1000-1200 meter range with strong winds and moderate to heavy precip. Chance it could spike to 1400 meters. Looking like a lull in the precip early Saturday morning before another frontal band brings light to moderate precip into Sunday morning. Dry but overcast for most of Sunday until yet another active frontal band brings light to heavy precip Sunday evening into Monday. Drying trend Tuesday into Wednesday of next week. Guesstimates: 25-35 cm above 1000 meters by Saturday am, 16-22 cm above 1000 meters by Sunday am, 4-8 cm above 1000 meters by Monday am, 30-50 cm above 800 meters by Tuesday am.
AVALANCHE ACTIVITY:

Thursday saw numerous explosive triggered small and large avalanches, some that released on the persistent crust layer while others were within the storm snow.
On Wednesday there were reports of ongoing avalanche activity from explosive control and human triggered avalanches in the small to large range. Reports iindicate varied reactivity on a buried crust layer and include an explosive controlled large avalanches (size 2-2.5) on lee sides of ridge top features near treeline. Elsewhere avalanches were small (size 1) with average crown depths of 5-15cm deep.
INFORMATION & OBSERVATIONS:
LOCAL AVALANCHE CANADA MIN REPORTS:
Red Heather: Dec 17, 2020
Flute, Oboe, Apostles: Dec 17, 2020
Gnarnia: Dec 17, 2020
Needle Peak: Dec 17, 2020
VIDEOS:
Basic Avalanche Theory: EVO
Avalanche Rescue Training Park: Colorado
Powder Picker Dec 17, 2020: David Jones
ARTICLES:
A ski tourer has died in an avalanche in the Arlberg Region: Austria
Another ski tourer has died in an avalanche near Uri Township: Switzerland
An avalanche has buried some real estate in: Austria
An avalanche has destroyed vacated houses in the Mankyal Valley: Pakistan
How to set a skin tack: Powder Cloud
Avalanche closes Klondike Hwy Thursday: Alaska
The five pillars of Skin Track Wisdom: WildSnow
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