10 to 20 cm of new snow with strong southwest wind are forecast. Avoid lee slopes, especially if you see blowing snow forming new wind slabs.
With new soft snow available for transport as winds pick up, fresh slabs are expected to form on northerly through easterly slopes.
Recent reported avalanche activity has been limited to loose dry sluffing, and small rider-triggered wind slabs in lee terrain features at upper elevations. See photo below for an example. Thank you to all of the wonderful MIN users who submitted their observations over the 2024 season! We look forward to more of your reports in 2025.
10 to 20 cm of new snow with moderate to strong southwest wind, is forecast for overnight and throughout the day Thursday. The higher amounts are expected on the western parts of the Island.
This new snow will add to the current 20 to 30 cm of settling storm snow. 50 to 80 cm of older snow from last weekend is settling and bonding well to an underlying crust.
Below 1300 m, surfaces may be moist or crusty.
The remainder of the snowpack has no current layers of concern.
Snowpack depths at treeline are approximately 200 cm on the north and south Island, and 300 cm on the central Island.
Wednesday night
Cloudy, with 2 to 10 cm of snow. 30 to 40 km/h southwest ridgetop wind. Treeline temperature -2 °C.
Thursday
Cloudy with 10 to 20 cm of snow. 50 to 70 km/h southwest ridgetop wind. Treeline temperature 0 °C.
Friday
Cloudy with 10 to 20 cm of snow. 20 to 30 km/h southeast ridgetop wind. Treeline temperature 0 °C.
Saturday
Cloudy with 7 to 15 cm of snow. 50 to 60 km/h south ridgetop wind. Treeline temperature 0 °C.
More details can be found in the Mountain Weather Forecast.
