Avalanche Forecast

Moderate - Timing, track, or intensity of incoming weather system is uncertain on Thursday

Another 3-5 cm of new snow combined with moderate southwest winds overnight as the freezing levels drop back to valley bottoms. Flurries or periods of light snow on Thursday combined with moderate northwest winds and alpine temperatures around -5. Some flurries expected on Friday with a chance of broken skies in the afternoon; winds light southwest and alpine temperatures around -10. Increasing southwest winds on Saturday with increased cloud and some flurries or light snow.

No new avalanches reported. Expect natural storm snow avalanche cycle occurred today. Storm snow may continue to be easy to trigger, and avalanche size may increase with continued storm loading.

Another 5-15 cm of new snow was recorded by Wednesday morning. The recent storm snow total is now 10-25 cm. that is sitting on recent surface hoar and near surface facets. Some operations reported a thin freezing drizzle crust on the snow surface before the Wednesday morning snow arrived. New building storm slabs and isolated wind slabs overlie old surfaces including surface hoar, facets, and possible sun crusts on steep southerly aspects. Below this, the upper pack is mostly drying out (through faceting). In general, the mid and lower snowpack are strong, with any weak layers considered dormant for now. Snowpack depths are variable and shallow snowpack areas may have weak facetted crystals near the ground.