West Slopes North

Low danger prevails across much of the zone. You can still find pockets of unstable snow in areas where the snow is soft and wet. A frozen crust in the morning means the danger is lower. No crust means a warmer day where you are more likely to see snow shed from cliffs and cornices.

You could see glide avalanches, cornice falls, and other types of “snow falling off things” events if temperatures are warmer than expected or clouds make way for the sun. This could actually be the case north of Hwy 542 along the Canadian border. Monitor changing conditions throughout the day and adjust your plan as necessary.

Snow conditions made quite a turnaround on Sunday from the day prior. Multiple observers in the Baker BC reported a hard freeze in the morning with sunny slopes softening through the day. Some shaded slopes remained stiff, if not crusty. Snow and travel conditions were even reported as reasonable, with a mostly supportable snow surface and decent turns in baby-corn snow on southerly aspects. No new avalanches were reported as of late Sunday afternoon, and no observations were submitted from other parts of the forecast zone. Many locations in the Central and Southern Cascades experienced a limited refreeze and wet, sloppy snow for most of the day.

While the amount of avalanche activity varied across the different areas of the North and Central Cascades since Friday, there was no lack of wet avalanches out there. Numerous wet loose up to D2 were observed across the Cascades at all elevations. Glide avalanches were also observed in the Baker Backcountry on the southeast side of Video Peak/Happy Bunny Butte and also in the West Central forecast zone.