Avalanche Forecast
Regions: Glacier.
Weather Forecast
Partly cloudy and unsettled conditions with a chance of flurries are forecast for today and tomorrow. A strong high pressure ridge will dominate the weather pattern this weekend with sunny skies and warm temperatures.
Snowpack Summary
A 15 cm Knife hard crust formed overnight at Rogers Pass. In high elevation locations this hard crust overlies approximately 60 cm of weak, moist or wet snow over a dense and well consolidated base. At low elevations the snowpack is isothermal and rapidly receding. At Mt. Fidelity the snowpack is at 75% of its normal height.
Avalanche Summary
No new avalanches were observed through the highway corridor yesterday. One occurrence was noted from Tuesday, a size 2.5 wet slab on the SW face of Cheops Mountain at about 2500 metres,
Confidence
Avalanche Problems
Loose Wet
Aspects: North, North East, East, South East, South.
Elevations: All elevations.
Likelihood: Possible
Expected Size: 1 - 3
Wet Slabs
Aspects: North, North East, East, South East, South.
Elevations: Alpine, Treeline.
Likelihood: Possible
Expected Size: 2 - 3