Surface hoar crystals measured up to an inch and a half at 6,000-foot elevations.
(Photo
courtesy
IDAHO PANHANDLE AVALANCHE CENTER/
USFS)
January 24, 2019
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January 24, 2019 midnight
Av danger rated 'high' in spots
SANDPOINT — Substantial snowfall, strong winds and some very reactive weak snowpack layers are creating a high avalanche danger above and below the tree line in the Selkirk and Cabinet mountain ranges, according to the U.S. Forest Service’s Idaho Panhandle Avalanche Center.