New Mexico Avalanche Maps

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"What's the danger?" Here are autogenerated DEM Shading rules for each advisory zone that allow for quickly adding avalanche danger, problems, and sun angle layers to CalTopo maps. Reports sourced from avalanche.org.

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Digital Elevation Model (DEM) shading let's you create custom shading schemes based on elevation, slope, aspect and tree cover.

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Avalanche Report

Danger report updates are fetched at 7:33pm and 7:33am. The selected elevation bands are not meant to be exact, but represent a characteristic of the terrain which varies locally.

The highest band typically includes alpine areas beginning as the treeline transitions into open slopes extending to ridges and peaks.

The middle band is typically a narrow transition zone between dense forests and treeless alpine areas.

The lowest band typically extends from valley floors or snowline to near treeline.

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Usage

You'll find that Terrain Modeling in the left pane will show layers that can be turned on and edited. The right pane will show Custom Layers that can be toggled on or off.

Select A Zone: Northern New Mexico

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Pre-populated CalTopo Map

Northern New Mexico
Avalanche Report

2023-04-02 Avalanche Danger

• Moderate danger (above 11501')
• Moderate danger (9501' to 11500')
• Low danger (below 9500')

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2023-04-02 Persistent Slab

• W to SE aspects (above 11501')
• W to SE aspects (9501' to 11500')

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2023-04-02 Wind Slab

• NW to SE aspects (above 11501')
• NW to SE aspects (9501' to 11500')

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Issued at: Saturday, April 01, 2023 7:29AM
Issued by: TAC

Sunlight Angles

Time of day	Lighting (Az/Z)
2023-04-02 07:00AM Shade	85 by 2 Copy to clipboard
2023-04-02 08:30AM Shade	99 by 20 Copy to clipboard
2023-04-02 10:00AM Shade	115 by 37 Copy to clipboard
2023-04-02 11:30AM Shade	140 by 52 Copy to clipboard
2023-04-02 01:00PM Shade	177 by 58 Copy to clipboard
2023-04-02 02:30PM Shade	217 by 53 Copy to clipboard
2023-04-02 04:00PM Shade	242 by 39 Copy to clipboard
2023-04-02 05:30PM Shade	260 by 22 Copy to clipboard
2023-04-02 07:00PM Shade	273 by 4 Copy to clipboard

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