Avoid being in or under avalanche terrain during periods of rapid loading from new snow and wind.
Avalanches will be most likely where new snow and wind are rapidly loading slopes. The largest and most reactive slabs will likely be on north through east aspects below ridgetops.
Numerous small natural and explosive triggered wind slab and dry loose avalanches were reported on Saturday and Sunday.
With continued precipitation and strong winds in the forecast we can expect avalanches to increase in size on Monday.
Please consider submitting your observations to the Mountain Information Network.
More precipitation and strong southwesterly winds in the forecast are expected to continue building storm slabs throughout the night and into Monday.
100 cm or more of recent storm snow may be overlying variable snow surfaces, including small facets and/or surface hoar in sheltered areas and heavily wind-affected snow in exposed terrain.
A crust from early November can be found down 130 to 180 cm. Below this prominent crust are several other crust layers from October.
Sunday Night
Cloudy with 25 to 35 cm of snow. 45 to 55 km/h southwest ridgetop wind. Treeline temperature -2 °C.
Monday
Cloudy with 25 to 35 cm of snow expected. Light to moderate rain below 750 m. 45 to 55 km/h southwest ridgetop wind. Treeline temperature -1 °C. Freezing level rising to 1000 m.
Tuesday
Cloudy with 10 to 20 cm of snow above the snow line, light to moderate rain below. 30 km/h southwest ridgetop wind. Freezing level rising to 1750 m.
Wednesday
Cloudy with light to moderate rain, possible snow at high elevations. 15 km/h southwest ridgetop wind. Freezing level around 1800 m.
More details can be found in the Mountain Weather Forecast.
