Went to do maintenance on the Sawtelle Snowfall weather station at 8800 ft just off the Sawtelle Mountain Road. Continuous snowcover starts around 8000 ft. At 8800 ft there is ~20" of snow with a mix of hard crusts and weak facets. These weak layers near the ground will be something to watch once snows again. Photo: GNFAC
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WS-N-R2-D2-G
Coordinates: 44.8524, -111.3920
Caught: 0 ; Buried: 0
From IG: Wet slide to the ground above Quake Lake.
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Coordinates: 44.5263, -111.4650
Caught: 0 ; Buried: 0
From IG mesasge (4/6): "Some wet action at arange peak near Sawtell yesterday. From slope Dave and I did our first pit on Monday. Lots of release in that new old interface but didn’t see anything releasing down deeper."
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From IG: “Pine creek today, some small wind slabs and a full depth wet slide off black mountain”
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From IG: “Pine creek today (10/21), some small wind slabs and a full depth wet slide off black mountain”
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From obs. "Was out alpine climbing today and observed the north face of Blackmore had slid already."
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Extended Forecast for10 Miles ESE Lakeview MT
Today
High: 51 °F
Mostly Sunny
Tonight
Low: 35 °F
Chance Rain
Thursday
High: 44 °F
Rain Likely
then ShowersThursday Night
Low: 32 °F
Showers then
Rain/Snow
LikelyFriday
High: 38 °F
Rain/Snow
Friday Night
Low: 31 °F
Rain/Snow
then Snow
LikelySaturday
High: 36 °F
Snow then
Rain/SnowSaturday Night
Low: 29 °F
Rain/Snow
Likely then
Chance SnowSunday
High: 39 °F
Snow Likely
The Last Word
We began our daily forecasts on December 7. 130 daily forecasts and 464 reported avalanches later, we wrapped up our daily forecasting season on April 14th. While avalanches remain a concern until the snow is in the rivers, read our SEASON SUMMARY to look back at the heart of the 2023-24 avalanche year.