Avalanche Forecast

Moderate

There is no new avalanche actiity to report in the past few days.

Keep posting your observations to the Mountain Information Network!

An additional 5-15 cm falling Monday night combined with wind has been redistributed in to alpine and treeline lee terrain. On solar aspects treeline and below, the new snow overlies a variety of crusts from recent warming, sun, and rain.

We continue to track early January and early December surface hoar and crust layers down 30 to 50 cm and down 80 to 130 cm, respectively. Both are considered unlikely to trigger.

Tuesday Night

Cloudy with clear breaks. 25 to 45 km/h northwest ridgetop wind. Treeline high temperature -12 °C.

Wednesday

Cloudy with sunny breaks. 25 to 50 km/h west and southwest ridgetop wind. Treeline high temperature -7 °C.

Thursday

Mainly cloudy with scattered flurries, accumulation 5-10 cm. 30 to 50 km/h northwest ridgetop wind. Treeline high temperature -4 °C.

Friday

Mix of sun and cloud. 20 to 40 km/h northwest ridgetop wind. Treeline high temperature -5 °C.

More details can be found in the Mountain Weather Forecast.

• Watch for newly formed and reactive wind slabs as you transition into wind-affected terrain.
• Recent wind has varied in direction, so watch for wind slabs on all aspects.
• Avalanche activity is unlikely when a thick melt-freeze crust is present on the snow surface.