Avalanche Forecast
Regions: Glacier.
Weather Forecast
Warm sunny days followed by cool crisp nights are putting us into a melt freeze cycle. Today expect lots of sun with alpine temps of 0'C, freezing levels rising to 2000m and light winds. Overnight temps should drop to -10'C. Thursday temps will reach 2'C with freezing levels to 2100m. On Friday a front will bring wet flurries and gusting SW winds.
Snowpack Summary
Melt freeze cycle below 2300m is forming a strong 20cm thick crust. In the top meter of the snowpack there are multiple crusts that are reactive to tests but would likely need a large trigger. Dry snow can still be found above 2300m on shaded aspects. Isolated pockets of reactive windslab exist at ridgecrest.
Avalanche Summary
On Monday there was a skier triggered avalanche at the top of the Forever Young couloir. A thin windslab was triggered at the top resulting in a size 2.0 that ran 400m. Yesterday there were a few natural solar triggered loose wet avalanches to size 2.5. Cornice failures have also been triggering slabs in isolated locations to size 2.0
Confidence
Avalanche Problems
Cornices
Aspects: All aspects.
Elevations: Alpine.
Likelihood: Possible
Expected Size: 1 - 3
Loose Wet
Aspects: All aspects.
Elevations: All elevations.
Likelihood: Possible - Likely
Expected Size: 1 - 3
Persistent Slabs
Aspects: All aspects.
Elevations: Alpine, Treeline.
Likelihood: Unlikely - Possible
Expected Size: 2 - 3