Avalanche Forecast

Wednesday night: Above freezing layer at treeline. No new snow expected. Light to moderate northwest winds. 

Thursday: Cloudy with the possibility of light flurries bringing trace amounts of snow at higher elevations. Light west winds and an above freezing layer at treeline. 

Friday: light flurries bringing trace amounts of snow to higher elevations. Light west winds with freezing levels around 1200m.

Saturday: stormy with up to 10cm of snow. High of -2 at 1200m. Moderate west winds.

A thick and supportive crust that currently caps the snowpack means avalanche activity is unlikely. It might be possible to find thin and generally inconsequential wind slabs in the alpine.

A dusting of new snow at higher elevations buries a widespread surface crust which exists on all aspects and at all elevations. Below the crust, 10-60 cm well settled snow and old crust layers sit above the thick late-January crust which extends to mountain top elevations on all aspects. The mid and lower snowpack is considered well settled and strong. 

Shallow snow cover at low elevations leaves many hazards like stumps and creeks exposed at or just below the snow surface.

• When a thick, melt-freeze surface crust is present, avalanche activity is unlikely.