Avalanche Forecast

Moderate

There is no recent avalanche activity to report.

A dusting of new snow buried a recently formed surface hoar layer and sun crust. A prominent rain crust is found 30 to 60 cm deep. While the dry snow above the crust is bonding well, some areas have large weak surface hoar crystals beneath the crust. It may be possible to trigger this surface hoar layer in areas where the crust is thinner and less supportive, with higher-elevation terrain being the most suspect. Typical snowpack depths at treeline are 70 to 110 cm, and taper rapidly below treeline.

Friday Night

Partly cloudy with no precipitation, alpine wind southwest 20-30 km/h, treeline temperature -6 °C.

Saturday

Mix of sun and cloud with no precipitation, alpine wind southwest and west 15-25 km/h, treeline temperature -1 °C.

Mix of sun and cloud with no precipitation, alpine wind southwest 15-30 km/h, treeline temperature -3 °C with a possible temperature inversion.

Cloudy with 3-5 cm of snow, alpine wind south 20-40 km/h, treeline temperature -1°C.

More details can be found in the Mountain Weather Forecast.

• Carefully evaluate bigger terrain features on an individual basis before committing to them.
• Surface hoar distribution is highly variable. Avoid generalizing your observations.
• Early season avalanches at any elevation have the potential to be particularly dangerous due to obstacles that are exposed or just below the surface.