Avalanche Forecast
Issued: Apr 14th, 2016 4:00PM
The alpine rating is Loose Wet and Deep Persistent Slabs.
, the treeline rating is , and the below treeline rating is Known problems include Start your day and end your day early; before things heat up.
Summary
Weather Forecast
Expect another cooler day for Friday with cloudy skies, scattered flurries. Saturday should see freezing levels rise to treeline, and on sun exposed slopes. Presently Saturday night is forecast to have very poor overnight recovery and Sunday may turn isothermal.
Snowpack Summary
Crusts remained intact through the day above 1600m. Below the crust, isothermal snow exists up to treeline on all aspects, and in thin alpine areas on S aspects. N aspects in the high alpine are more winter like. In many places the upper snowpack sits on a weaker deep persistent layer of rounding facets.
Avalanche Summary
No avalanches observed or reported today.
Confidence
Problems
Loose Wet
All avalanche terrain should be avoided later in the day when the crust on top of the snowpack breaks down due to daytime heating. Cloud cover may reduce the likelihood of this on Thursday.
Watch for clues, like sluffing off of cliffs, that the snowpack is warming up. Travel early on frozen crusts before the heat of the day.
Aspects: All aspects.
Elevations: All elevations.
Likelihood
Expected Size
Deep Persistent Slabs
Deep facet layers remain weak especially in thin snowpack areas and may be triggered during the hotter parts of the day.
Travel early before the heat of the day, and avoid big slopes in the afternoon.
Aspects: All aspects.
Elevations: Alpine, Treeline.
Likelihood
Expected Size
Valid until: Apr 15th, 2016 4:00PM