With warm temperatures and hot sun, loose wet avalanches will be easier to find than a chocolate egg at a child's Easter egg hunt.
Rising temperatures and full sun will cause a loose wet avalanche cycle, expect higher reactivity where dry snow is being warmed for the first time.
No new avalanches have been reported.
If you are heading into the backcountry, consider sharing your observations and posting a MIN.
Warm daytime temperatures and clear nights have transformed the 40-60 cm of new snow that fell this past week. In many areas, a surface crust will likely exist, and by the heat of the day, the snow will be wet and possibly slushy.
Steep south through west facing slopes may have a thin, breakable crust under the new snow which may allow for better propagation of wet avalanches.
The thick and strong mid-March crust is now expected to be buried by 50-60 cm of mostly settled snow.
Below this, the rest of the snowpack is wet but well settled and strong.
There is little to no snow below 1000 m.
Saturday Night
Mostly clear skies. 10 km/h west ridgetop wind. Treeline temperature 6 °C. Freezing level 2500 m.
Sunday
Sunny. Calm wind. Treeline temperature 9 °C. Freezing level 2700 m.
Monday
Mostly sunny. 20 km/h southwest ridgetop wind. Treeline temperature 9 °C. Freezing level 2700 m.
Tuesday
Mostly sunny. 30 km/h west ridgetop wind. Treeline temperature 0 °C. Freezing level 1300 m.
Warming weather will change the game, click this link for great terrain and travel advice.
More details can be found in the Mountain Weather Forecast.
