Microwave-Sinclair
Avalanche danger
Highlights
The surface crust makes avalanches unlikely, but they may still be possible in isolated areas.
Confidence
High
- We are confident due to a stable weather pattern.
Avalanche Summary
January 16-21
No new avalanches reported but observations are limited. Consider submitting a report to the MIN if you are out in the mountains.
Snowpack Summary
The snow surface is highly wind-affected in exposed alpine terrain. At lower elevations, a surface crust overlies moist snow.
Below approximately 1600 m, the surface crust is up to 20 cm thick and poses additional slip-and-fall hazards.
A layer of facets is buried around 50 to 100 cm deep and is slowly gaining strength.
The mid and lower snowpack have no layers of concern. Snowpack depths are generally around 150-200 cm deep at treeline.
Weather Summary
Wednesday Night
Mostly clear. Calm wind. Treeline temperature -7 °C.
Thursday
Mix of sun and clouds. 10 km/h east ridgetop wind. Treeline temperature -11 °C.
Friday
Sunny. 20 km/h east ridgetop wind. Treeline temperature -10 °C.
Saturday
Mostly sunny. 20 km/h west ridgetop wind. Treeline temperature -4 °C.
More details can be found in the Mountain Weather Forecast.