Continued snowfall is building storm slabs. A natural avalanche cycle is expected over the next few days.
Minimize your exposure to overhead hazard, especially during periods of heavy snowfall or rapid loading from wind.
Snowfall, warm temps, and strong SW winds continue to build fresh storm slabs. These will be most sensitive to triggering where they overlie surface hoar and/or a sun crust (from the recent inversion).
A natural avalanche cycle is expected on Tuesday as storm totals accumulate.
A few small loose snow avalanches were observed in the steep terrain in the highway corridor over the weekend.
Up to 45cm of storm snow is forecast to have accumulated by the end of day Monday. Storm snow sits over surface hoar size 3-8 mm at treeline on protected slopes. In the alpine, storm snow buries a breakable sun crust on steep solar slopes, and wind effect in open terrain.
The mid and lower snowpack are well settled and right side up.
Snowfall continues with 5-15cm a day throughout the forecast period.
Tonight Flurries, 5-10 cm. Alpine High -3°C. Freezing level (FZL) 1000m. Ridge wind SW 30-45 km/h.
Mon Scattered flurries, 5cm. Alpine High -8 °C. FZL 1100m. Wind SW 30-40.
Tues Snow, 16cm. Alpine high -9 °C. Wind SW 40-50km/h.
Wed Flurries,10 cm. Alpine high -10 °C. Wind SW 25 gusting to 55. FZL 600m.
