A cold front is moving into the region giving us 10-15cm of snow at upper elevations and cooling temperatures under a cloudy sky. Watch for windslabs building in Alpine areas from the strong northern winds over the next few days.
New snow over the next few days and northern winds will create windslabs in alpine terrain possibly overlying last weeks temperature crust. Check this bond before committing to a feature
Snow/Rain may fall at lower elevations on Wednesday and into Thursday so watch for this rain to initiate wet avalanches at lower elevations.
Numerous loose wet avalanches up to sz 2 were observed throughout the region on Tuesday.
The snowpack has been rapidly settling over the past few days under the influence of the warmer temperatures and high freezing levels. That will all change here again on Wednesday as temperatures cool and snow moves back into the region with strong northerly winds.
Watch for new windslabs building overlying a temperature crust. In lower elevations the precipitation may fall as rain. Monitor the freezing levels as well as quality of freeze overnight before heading out.
Cooler temps arrive on Wednesday as a cold front pushes into the region. Beginning mid day rain/snow will begin with close to 10cm of new snow falling at higher elevations. Winds will be out of the north into the strong range. The freezing levels for the next few days will be 1200-1400m.
More details can be found in the Mountain Weather Forecast.
