Avalanche Forecast
Regions: Glacier.
Weather Forecast
Cloudy with sunny periods and moderate S winds. Alpine temps of -2C and a freezing level of 1900m. Thursday brings scattered flurries and 5cm of snow to the alpine along with mod west wind and 1800m freezing level.
Snowpack Summary
25cm new snow in the last 48hrs with freezing levels dipping to around 1000m last night. Moist surface snow on all aspects the last couple of days with numerous moist slides in the highway corridor. Expect windslabs on lee features from earlier SW wind. Cornices failing sporadically with some triggering large avalanches. Isothermal snow below TL.
Avalanche Summary
9 moist avalanches to size 2.5 recorded in the highway corridor yesterday. Two days ago a field team reported touchy surface wind slabs on northerly lee aspects at 2200m. The 10-15cm soft slabs were easily failing with ski cuts and sliding on a temperature crust.
Confidence
Timing or intensity of solar radiation is uncertain
Avalanche Problems
Storm Slabs
Aspects: All aspects.
Elevations: Alpine, Treeline.
Likelihood: Possible
Expected Size: 1 - 3
Loose Wet
Aspects: North, North East, East, South East, South.
Elevations: Alpine, Treeline.
Likelihood: Possible
Expected Size: 1 - 3
Cornices
Aspects: North, North East, East, South East, South.
Elevations: Alpine.
Likelihood: Possible
Expected Size: 1 - 4