Avalanche Danger will stay elevated as long as the freezing level stays high.
Wet loose avalanche activity can be expected from steep terrain. These avalanches could entrain significant mass and gouge to ground in shallow snowpack areas.
Rain and warm temperatures have impacted a weak and facetted snowpack. Wet slab avalanches could fail on or step down to buried weak layers in the mid and lower snowpack resulting in very large avalanches.
If triggered, this problem will likely be the full depth of the snowpack and could run below treeline. Avoid shallow, rocky start zones.
Rain has created a moist or wet upper snowpack at all elevations. A weak surface crust may have formed overnight but will break down quickly throughout the day.
The mid-snowpack has a couple of crusts and is generally faceted and weak above and below them.
At the base of the snowpack, weak faceted grains and depth hoar are present.
Wednesday Night
Mainly cloudy with clear periods. Alpine wind 20 to 40 km/h from the southwest. Treeline temperature 3 °C, freezing level 2500 m.
Thursday
Cloudy with sunny periods. Alpine wind 10-30 km/h from the south and southwest. Treeline temperature 0°C, freezing level 2000 m.
Friday
Mainly cloudy with isolated flurries, trace accumulation. Alpine wind 10 to 20 km/h from the northwest. Treeline temperature -1 °C, freezing level 1800 m.
Saturday
Mainly cloudy with scattered flurries. Alpine wind 15 to 30 km/h from the northeast. Treeline temperature -3 °C, freezing level 1300 m.
More details can be found in the Mountain Weather Forecast.
