Avalanche Forecast

Good

Cold and clear overnight with moderate northerly winds and freezing down to valley bottoms. Cold and clear on Tuesday with alpine temperatures around -20. Cold and clear on Wednesday with moderate northwest winds in the alpine. Thursday is forecast to be cloudy with a westerly flow and a chance of light precipitation.

No new avalanches reported.

Variable amounts of dry facetted surface snow and pockets of surface hoar can be found above the mid-February crust. New melt-freeze crusts can be found on solar aspects at all elevations. The mid-pack is well settled. The late-Jan crust/surface hoar layer can be found about a metre below the surface in deeper snowpack areas. The mid-January surface hoar, can be found below that. These layers have gained significant strength, and chances of triggering these weaknesses have decreased dramatically. However, triggering may be possible with a large input such as cornice fall, or an avalanche stepping down, especially on slopes that see a lot of sun.