Avalanche Forecast
Regions: Glacier.
Weather Forecast
Mainly cloudy today with isolated flurries and gusting moderate to strong westerly winds. Freezing levels will remain in the valley bottoms. Thursday will bring more flurries, amounting to 5-10cm, along with moderate to strong westerly winds and cool temp's. A drying trend will begin on Friday.
Snowpack Summary
100-140cm of recent storm snow, deeper amounts west side of the summit, is settling over the Feb 10 facet/surface hoar/crust interface. The Jan 28Â and Jan 22 surface hoar layers are 5-10cm below this interface. Test results yesterday above Hermit Hut had sudden planar results on the Feb 10 interface, including one large "whumph" at the test site.
Avalanche Summary
Avalanche control overnight produced numerous size 2-3.5's from all aspects, with many slides extending into the end of the run-out zone. The strong S-SW winds overnight likely produced natural activity in open alpine and tree-line elevations.
Confidence
Avalanche Problems
Storm Slabs
Aspects: All aspects.
Elevations: All elevations.
Likelihood: Possible - Likely
Expected Size: 2 - 3
Wind Slabs
Aspects: North, North East, East, South East.
Elevations: Alpine, Treeline.
Likelihood: Possible - Likely
Expected Size: 1 - 3
Cornices
Aspects: North, North East, East, South East, South.
Elevations: Alpine.
Likelihood: Possible
Expected Size: 2 - 4