A skier triggered a size 2.0 avalanche today at Balu Pass. Read this informative MIN report for more details!
Expect a natural avalanche cycle Sunday with the forecast high freezing levels and sunshine.
Early season hazards abound. Expect to hit rocks, logs, and open creeks in your travels.
A layer of surface hoar exists down ~30cm. Although ground roughness breaks up slope connectivity early season, expect rider-triggered avalanches on smooth open slopes.
Daytime heating and solar input tomorrow will also increase slab properties.
Strong solar input and very warm temperatures forecast for Sunday will likely trigger a loose wet cycle.
High pressure from the south pushes northward. Expect skyrocketing freezing levels tomorrow and strong solar radiation.
Tonight: Clear periods. No precip. Alpine low -4°C with a weak temperature inversion. Freezing levels (fzl) 1300m. Ridge winds S-25km/h
Sun: Mainly sunny. Alpine high +4°C. FLZ 4000m. Winds SW-40km/h.
Mon: Periods of snow, 13cm. Alpine high 0°C, low -3°C. FZL 1800m. Winds SW 30-50km/h.
A skier triggered a size 2.0 avalanche today at Balu Pass in a wind stiffened area, and they went for a rocky ride. The avalanche was triggered from a thin area, and fractured ~30m above the rider caught. They were partially buried.
If there's enough to ride, there's enough to slide! Be sure to bring a transceiver, shovel and probe if you venture out.
Snow is starting to stick in the high-country. There is approximately 120-140cms of snow on the ground in the Alpine, 80-120cm at treeline, and 20cm at the highway elevation.
There is 6-12mm surface hoar buried down ~30cm in all open areas treeline and above.
Hidden rocks, open creeks and logs lurk just below the snow surface in all terrain below treeline and many areas above. Glaciers have poor coverage with just enough snow to hide small crevasses.
