Avalanche Forecast
Issued: Jan 27th, 2021 4:00PM
The alpine rating is , the treeline rating is , and the below treeline rating is Known problems include Loose Dry.
Brian Webster,
New snow in the forecast will improve ski quality, but pay attention as this new snow may sluff easily out of steeper terrain.
Summary
Weather Forecast
Overcast skies with light precipitation and and alpine winds in the 30-40 km range forecasted through Friday. Accumulations could range from 5-20 cm by Friday.
Snowpack Summary
2-5 cm new snow sits over 10-20 cm of surface facets at tree-line and below elevations and wind effected snow in alpine. The mid-pack is generally well settled with the various persistent weak layers visible in the snowpack but unreactive to stability tests and ski cutting.
Avalanche Summary
No new avalanches observed or reported today.
Confidence
Problems
Loose Dry
5-20 cm of new snow forecasted for tree-line regions over next few days. This new snow sits on a well developed layer of surface facets and has potential to sluff easily out of steep terrain.
- Be careful of loose dry power sluffing in steep terrain.
Aspects: All aspects.
Elevations: Alpine.
Likelihood
Expected Size
Valid until: Jan 28th, 2021 4:00PM
