Ongoing precipitation, wind, and warming will continue to create dangerous avalanche conditions.
Stick to low-angle terrain and avoid overhead hazard.
At upper elevations where dry snow remains, fresh storm slabs may continue to form. They will be deepest and most reactive in wind-loaded terrain.
A weak, rain-saturated upper snowpack may still produce natural and human-triggered loose wet avalanches.
A natural avalanche cycle was reported throughout the region on Tuesday. Storm slab and wet slab avalanches were observed at all elevations to size 2.
Please consider submitting your observations to the Mountain Information Network.
Rain and warm temperatures have created a moist snow surface at all elevations except in the high alpine. Strong winds will have created heavily wind-affected surfaces and stiff wind slabs where dry snow remains.
The remainder of the snowpack is strong, with various hard layers and crusts.
Wednesday Night
Cloudy with up to 5 to 15 mm of precipitation. 30 to 50 km/h southest ridge top wind. Freezing level 2500 m dropping to 1900 m.
Thursday
Cloudy with up to 2 to 10 mm of precipitation. 30 to 50 km/h southwest ridgetop wind. Freezing level 1700 m.
Friday
Cloudy with 5 to 15 mm of precipitation. 40 to 90 km/h southwest ridge top wind. Freezing level 1500 m.
Saturday
Cloudy with 3 to 10 mm of precipitation. 30 to 50 km/h southwest ridge top wind. Freezing level 1000 m.
More details can be found in the Mountain Weather Forecast.
