Small avalanches can have serious consequences in extreme terrain.
Evaluate potential travel routes for wind slabs before committing to them.
Strong northwesterly winds are redistributing any remaining available new snow into thin wind slabs in isolated areas. Watch for wind-loaded pockets, especially just below ridgetops and in extreme and very steep terrain.
Expect very steep south aspect terrain to become moist during days will full sun and warm temperatures.
No new avalanches have been reported in this region since Jan 21.
Please continue to post your reports and photos to the Mountain Information Network, the information is very helpful to forecasters.
10-20 cm of moist snow is refreezing into a hard surface as freezing levels descend. Above 700 m, 50 cm of settling snow sits over a hard crust.
The mid and lower snowpack is well-settled and consolidated.
Friday Night
Cloudy, trace amounts of accumulation. Northeast ridgetop winds 20 km/h gusting to 40 km/h. Alpine temperature 0 °C. Freezing levels 900 m.
Saturday
Sunny and clear. Northeast ridgetop wind 35 km/h. Alpine temperature -1 °C. Freezing level 1000 m descending to 500 m.
SundaySunny and clear. Northeast ridgetop winds 25 km/h gusting to 60 km/h. Alpine temperature -5 °C. Freezing levels 0 m.
MondaySunny with cloudy periods. Northeast ridgetop winds 25 km/h gusting to 50 km/h. Alpine temperature -5 °C. Freezing levels 0 m.
More details can be found in the Mountain Weather Forecast.
