Steamboat & Flat Tops

You could trigger an avalanche in the new snow. Steep slopes with more than about eight inches of new or wind-drifted snow will be the most hazardous. Winds will be variable, so you may not see obvious signs of drifting. With slick, smooth crusts on the old snow surface, avalanches could run fast and far. Snow amounts may vary from valley to valley as well as across a slope. Even small avalanches can take you for a nasty ride over cliffs, down couloirs, or stuff you in a creek bed.

Skies will be mostly to partly cloudy on Sunday. It will not take much of the strong late April sunshine to trigger Loose Wet avalanches. Expect steep slopes to shed the new snow with periods of just 30 or 60 minutes of sun.