DavidHiers Posted November 22, 2004 Posted November 22, 2004 The products from the good people at www.nwac.us usually begin with this disclaimer: "This forecast applies to back country avalanche terrain below 7000 feet" What do you think about extrapolating their forecasts for the good stuff above 7000 feet? Quote
pete_a Posted November 22, 2004 Posted November 22, 2004 Looking at the avy forecast if you are heading into the high alpine is a good place to start, but I assume that the reason for the disclaimer is above treeline there become an increasing number of factors that make each slope too unique to catagorize into a general forecast. -effects of wind transported snow (windslabs) -ridgelines that have a shallow snowpack (possibilites of facets or depth hoar) -effects of wind sheltered areas (surface hoar growth) -effects of aspect (suncrusts) -altitude and increased solar radiation you might get some good input if you also post your question on the teletips avalanche forum, there's some very avy savy folks that post over there. http://www.telemarktalk.com/phpBB/viewforum.php?f=5 Quote
Dr_Crash Posted November 25, 2004 Posted November 25, 2004 It would be very nice if we could get something like what the Colorado Avalanche Center publishes: http://geosurvey.state.co.us/avalanche/Default.aspx?tabid=106 Very easy to read (doesn't exempt you from reading the full forecast though!). I have seen that thing *entirely* black: a good day to bike or stay inbounds The friends of the NW Avalanche Center site also has a blog. (Or had? The site isn't working tonight.) http://www.avalanchenw.org/blog/ . People post their observations and you can read them. If you head into the BC it's nice to post here when you return so that people can get live data. drC Quote
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