High freezing levels and sunny skies are keeping wet loose avalanches possible.
Steer clear of steep, solar facing slopes during periods of intense solar radiation.
Wet loose avalanches remain possible with the combination of sunny skies and high freezing levels. This avalanche problem may be more reactive at upper elevations on steep, south facing slopes.
On Tuesday, several wet loose avalanches up to size 1.5 were reported. We expect this problem to continue with high freezing levels and sunny skies.
Rain has saturated the upper snowpack, with moist surface snow possible above 1500 m.
A hard crust is breaking down at lower elevations. The mid/lower snowpack is generally well settled.
Average treeline snow depth is 70 to 175 cm, and the snowpack tapers rapidly with elevation.
Tuesday Night
Mostly cloudy. 2 to 5 mm of rain at treeline. 40 km/h southwest ridgetop wind. Treeline temperature 7 °C. Freezing level 2700 m.
Wednesday
Mostly sunny. 30 km/h southwest ridgetop wind. Treeline temperature 9 °C. Freezing level 3000 m.
Thursday
Sunny. 20 km/h southwest ridgetop wind. Treeline temperature 11 °C. Freezing level 3200 m.
Friday
Mostly sunny. 30 km/h south ridgetop wind. Treeline temperature 7 °C. Freezing level 2800 m.
More details can be found in the Mountain Weather Forecast.
