Hazard will improve as rain stops and freezing levels lower through the day. Monitor conditions as you move through the terrain.
Watch for unstable snow on specific terrain features, especially where snow is moist or wet.
Rain has thoroughly saturated the snowpack causing surface snow to lose cohesion. Below the freezing line, loose wet avalanches remain possible on steep slopes.
No new avalanches have been reported however backcountry users should expect to see evidence of a wet loose avalanche cycle from the past 48 hours of rain. Please continue to post your observations and photos to the Mountain Information Network. It helps strengthen our data gathering.
Up to 100 mm of rain in the last 48 hours has saturated the snowpack at all elevations. Previously 25 mm of snow sat upon a melt-freeze crust down 40 cm. The upper snowpack consists of moist snow overlying a few decomposing crusts formed in early January and late December. Generally, the snowpack is well-settled.
Friday Night
Periods of rain or snow continue, 10 to 20 mm. Winds will ease to southerly 40 km/h. Ridgetop low-temperature +3C. Freezing levels will slowly fall to near 1500 m by Saturday morning.
Saturday
Cloudy with flurries easing in the afternoon, 5-10 mm. Southeast winds of 40 to 60 km/h. Ridgetop high-temperature +7C. Freezing levels will be near 1500 m.
Sunday
Mainly cloudy with scattered flurries, 5-10mm. Light variable winds gusting 20 km/h. Ridgetop high-temperature +6C. Freezing levels 1500 m.
Overnight rain changes to snow, 15-25 mm. Freezing levels will fall to 1000 m by Monday morning.
Monday
Mainly cloudy with isolated flurries, 5 mm. Light variable winds gusting 20 km/h. Ridgetop high-temperature +1C. Freezing levels 1000 m.
More details can be found in the Mountain Weather Forecast.
