Avalanche Forecast
Issued: Feb 24th, 2019 4:00PM
The alpine rating is Wind Slabs and Loose Dry.
, the treeline rating is , and the below treeline rating is Known problems includeSummary
Weather Forecast
The forecast indicates that very cold temperatures will persist Monday and Tuesday, with a slight warming trend on Wednesday to near zero in the valley bottoms. Clear skies with nil precipitation are also expected through the same period. The wind will increase to the strong range from the East early Tuesday.
Snowpack Summary
20 to 40 cm has accumulated since Feb 1 along with isolated crusts on steep solar slopes and wind effect treeline and above. In isolated areas at treeline and below the Jan 17 surface hoar can be found down 30-60 cm, and is producing hard but sudden test results. Weak basal facets can be found in thinner snow pack areas.
Avalanche Summary
No windslabs reported or observed today but they still linger. Skier triggered loose dry sluffing of the surface facets has also been observed in steep terrain at all elevations up to size 1.
Confidence
Due to the quality of field observations on Sunday
Problems
Wind Slabs
Aspects: All aspects.
Elevations: Alpine, Treeline.
Likelihood
Expected Size
Loose Dry
Aspects: All aspects.
Elevations: All elevations.
Likelihood
Expected Size
Valid until: Feb 25th, 2019 4:00PM