TODAY...SUNNY. AREAS OF DENSE FOG WITH VISIBILITY ONE QUARTER
MILE OR LESS AT TIMES IN THE MORNING. AREAS OF FOG. HIGHS 34 TO
40. EAST WIND 5 TO 15 MPH.

TONIGHT...MOSTLY CLEAR. AREAS OF FOG. LOWS 25 TO 33. NORTHEAST
WIND 10 TO 20 MPH.

MONDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. AREAS OF FOG IN THE MORNING. HIGHS
AROUND 42. LIGHT WINDS.

Temperatures remained above freezing at both the Tram and the top of Eaglecrest last night. Despite the lack of diurnal freezing the snowpack is still well consolidated and pretty stable overall.

Two exceptions, or avalanche problems to keep an eye out for: Small point release wet slides on south or west facing slopes. Particularly at and below 2000ft elevation.

Glide activity has been spotted on almost all aspects and elevations in the last week or so. These type of slides can be difficult to predict but it is best to stay out from under slopes with large glide cracks and/or buckling in the snow beneath them.

Get out of the fog and enjoy the sun while it lasts!

BEACON CHECKS

Everytime you leave the parking lot it is good to know if your avalanche beacon is functioning the way you hope to never need it to.

When you first turn it on almost every beacon does a self diagnostic check. Actually look at it as it runs through this. It will not only tell you the battery power but will sometimes flash an error code before going into the send mode.

If yours has an error code then write it down. They can usually be looked up on the internet with your make/model of beacon.

If everything seems in working order so far, then you want to test the transmit and receive functions.

Have one person in your party move a little ahead, to the end of the parking lot or 50yrds up the trail or so. If they put their beacon into receive, they should be able to get a reading on every other group member as they approach.

It is nice to do this check with some distance because it lets you see if your beacon is REALLY transmitting properly instead of just within a two meter radius.

After everyone has gone by they can stop and wait another 50yrds or so up the trail and turn all of their beacons to receive. Then the first person, who checked everyone else's transmit mode, changes their beacon back to send.

As she moves up the trail everyone else can note if and when they have a signal from her. This will show both that your receive and her transmit are working, and the range. There will likely be a bit of discrepancy in the ranges among your party even with the same beacon model.

Now you have confirmed that the beacons for everyone in your party work properly on transmit and receive and you have given yourself a visual real world reference for your beacons range to with the numbers on your screen.