New snow, rising temperatures increase avalanche danger at Mount Baker

After a large storm dumped nearly 5 feet of snow on Mount Baker earlier this week, the Northwest Avalanche Center warns that rising temperatures are creating dangerous avalanche conditions at the mountain. While staff at the Mount Baker Ski Area have been mitigating avalanche risk in bounds, the danger remains high in the backcountry where no hazard reduction has taken place. NWAC issued a special avalanche bulletin April 6 warning of the area's increased avalanche risk. The current avalanche