Lizard-Flathead

Verify the forecast with your local conditions. As snow accumulates on Wednesday, both natural and human-triggered avalanches may become likely.

Numerous natural and explosive-triggered avalanches, up to size 2, failing on the buried crust/facet combination occurred throughout the region on Monday.

A fatal avalanche incident occurred on Saturday near Gardiner Creek. It is believed that the same layer of facets on a crust was the failure layer. You can read more details here.

Roughly 30 to 50 cm of recent snowfall has buried a variety of potential weak layers, including sun crusts on south-facing slopes and faceted snow or surface hoar in north-facing terrain.

A widespread crust formed in early February is buried by 50 to 100 cm. In some areas, weak faceted grains have formed above and/or below the crust.

The remaining snowpack is generally well-settled, with no current concerns.

Tuesday Night

Partly cloudy with 0 to 3 cm of snow. 40 to 60 km/h southwest ridgetop wind. Treeline temperature -13 °C.

Wednesday

Cloudy with 5 to 15 cm of snow. 40 to 60 km/h southwest ridgetop wind. Treeline temperature -5 °C. Freezing level 1300 m.

Thursday

Cloudy with 10 to 30 cm of snow. 40 to 60 km/h southwest ridgetop wind. Treeline temperature -3 °C. Freezing level 1600 m.

Friday

Friday with 2 to 10 cm of snow. 20 to 40 km/h southwest ridgetop wind. Treeline temperature -8 °C.

More details can be found in the Mountain Weather Forecast.

• Make conservative terrain choices and avoid overhead hazard.
• Storm slab size and sensitivity to triggering will likely increase through the day.
• Remote triggering is a concern, watch out for adjacent and overhead slopes.