Cutter's Call: October 11, 2026 10:05am
Report of a crazy mixed up day on Saturday. It was blowing in about 25kts at 1pm. By 2pm, it was blowing down about 5kts. Twenty minutes later it started blowing in again and 5 pilots punched off in quick succession. The wind built up again to 25kts. Two pilots landed in dry conditions and two in wet. The fifth tried to fly through the rain but it got too turbulent. He landed toward the north but not successfully. No injuries but damaged aluminum. Around 5:30 three PG's had sled rides in light winds with virga. The high was 4,363ft. TODAY…...rain tapering off by afternoon. There’s a decent chc of rain but looks mostly dry. There could even be some sun. There’s also a lot of wind. Likely to stay blowing in but a ridge lift day for sure. Cloud base at 3,800ft. Winds aloft are SSW between 16 and 18kts by 2pm. Max altitude 4,000ft.