South Coast Inland

High avalanche danger. Avoid avalanche terrain and exposure to overhead hazards like cornices and avalanche runout zones.

Moderate

• We are uncertain about how the snowpack will react to the forecast weather.

Several natural and human-controlled slab avalanches were reported on Monday, up to size 1.5.

High elevation snow falls with strong south to southwest wind, loading lee features. A rising rain line between 1900 and 2000 m has likely saturated the recent storm snow at mid and lower elevations.

The early March crust is now 80–120 cm deep (locally as shallow as ~20 cm), with variable strength across aspects and elevations.

Below this, the lower snowpack is generally well settled and strong.

Tuesday Night

Cloudy. 5 to 20 mm of precipitation as snow or rain at treeline. 60 km/h southwest ridgetop wind. Treeline temperature 0 °C. Freezing level 2000 m.

Wednesday

Mostly cloudy. 1 to 5 mm of precipitation as snow or rain at treeline. 60 km/h southwest ridgetop wind. Treeline temperature 0 °C. Freezing level 2000 m.

Thursday

Mostly cloudy. 3 to 20 mm of precipitation as snow or rain at treeline. 60 km/h southwest ridgetop wind. Treeline temperature 0 °C. Freezing level 2000 m.

Friday

Mostly cloudy. 5 to 45 mm of precipitation as snow or rain at treeline. 60 km/h southwest ridgetop wind. Treeline temperature 1 °C. Freezing level 2000 m.

More details can be found in the Mountain Weather Forecast.

• Back off slopes as the surface becomes moist or wet with rising temperatures.
• As the storm slab problem worsens, the easy solution is to choose more conservative terrain.
• Use extra caution around cornices: they are large, fragile, and can trigger slabs on slopes below.