🌞 Warm temperatures and sun may make for great corn skiing 🌞
Watch for surface snow losing cohesion, small avalanches can be consequential in steep terrain.
Loose wet avalanches are most likely on steep, south facing slopes in the afternoon - especially near rocks where warming will be most intense.
No recent avalanche activity has been reported. We expect loose wet avalanches to be possible out of steep, rocky features on Sunday.
If you are headed into the backcountry please consider submitting a MIN report.
Strong sunshine and warm temperatures are expected to break down the surface crust - or moisten surface snow at low elevations, and on steep sun affected slopes into the alpine. Snow on north facing alpine slopes will likely remain dry.
The mid and lower snowpack are generally well-settled. There is uncertainty over whether buried weak layers could react to the warming, and produce large avalanches, including the layer of surface hoar, crust and facets from early December buried 80-150 cm deep.
Saturday Night
Clear skies. 20 to 30 km/h north ridgetop wind. Treeline temperature -5 °C.
Sunday
Sunny. 15 to 30 km/h north ridgetop wind. Treeline temperature 2 °C. Freezing level 3500 m.
Monday
Sunny. 10 to 20 km/h north ridgetop wind. Treeline temperature 4 °C. Freezing level 3500 m.
Tuesday
Sunny. 20 to 30 km/h north ridgetop wind. Treeline temperature 4 °C. Freezing level 3500 m.
More details can be found in the Mountain Weather Forecast.
