Expect thin soft slabs in immediate lee alpine areas with today's snowfall.
Summary
Weather Forecast
Flurries with an accumulation of 8-15 cm today, accompanied by moderate winds from the SW. Freezing levels are forecast at 1600 m with an alpine high of -4C. The rest of the week looks like a mix of sun and cloud, no more precipitation, and freezing levels around 1800 m.
Snowpack Summary
Temperatures have dipped below 0 at treeline and above for the first time in a week. Expect to find a variable crust in the morning, which may break down into moist snow by the afternoon.
Isothermal conditions exist below tree line. Cool dry snow exists on high Northerly aspects.
Avalanche Summary
The natural spring avalanche cycle has continued for over a week now, and produced numerous wet loose avalanches yesterday to sz 3 on primarily north aspects in the alpine and at treeline. Explosives control missions last week produced numerous avalanches on all aspects. A notable recent avalanche was a
glide crack release in Mounds path. on Sunday
Confidence