Avalanche Forecast

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Some warm sunny weather coming for Friday, Saturday and Sunday. 

Friday: High temp of -1c with 50km/hr winds from the West. Freezing level will go up to 2150m.

Saturday and Sunday: High temp of +4c with 20-40km/hr winds from the SW. Freezing level will rise to 2250m.

One size 2 slab was noticed in the Goat range on an East aspect at around 2400m. It appears to have happened in the last 48hrs.

Several small cornice chunks had released in Tent Bowl and most likely happened in the last 48 hrs as well. This caused several size 1 loose avalanches. Cornice releases are mostly likely to occur with the warmer and sunnier weather.

It is sure feeling Springlike out there but there is still a few things happening in the snowpack. On solar aspects, expect to find a crust in the early morning hours and then turn to moist snow later on. The sun has a lot of punch now so choose your route carefully in terms of overhead hazards like cornices and wet loose avalanches on southern aspects. The hazard is likely to go up during the day with the sun and moist snow. In other words, the day would start at Moderate and quickly change to Considerable with warming and solar radiation.

The forecasters found that there is still variability in the top 60cm of the snowpack. We mostly found several buried wind slabs down 15cm and 40cm overlying less dense layers. Good skiing and dry snow will still be found on North and NE aspects.

• Avoid sun exposed slopes when the solar radiation is strong, especially if snow is moist or wet
• Cornices become weak with daytime heating.
• Avoid rock outcroppings, convexities, and anywhere the snowpack is thin and/or variable.
• Be alert to conditions that change with elevation and sun exposure.