Avalanche Forecast
Issued: Jan 30th, 2014 8:02AM
The alpine rating is Wind Slabs.
, the treeline rating is , and the below treeline rating is Known problems includeSummary
Confidence
Good
Weather Forecast
Overnight and Friday: A few more cm of snow above 500 metres elevation overnight. Mostly clear with no precipitation during the day. Alpine temperatures around -12 C. Light Northwest winds with strong Northerly outflow winds in large valleys.Saturday: Mix of sun and cloud with light Westerly winds and alpine temperatures around -10 C.Sunday: Mostly cloudy with very light precipitation and light Northwest winds. Alpine temperatures around -17 C.
Avalanche Summary
No new avalanches reported.
Snowpack Summary
A solid melt-freeze crust has developed at all elevations on most aspects. New snow may bury surface hoar that has grown at and below treeline over the past few days. In the alpine new snow may not bond to the old surface depending on the timing of the cooling. Deeply buried weak layers continue to exist, however the bridging effect of the re-frozen upper snowpack may reduce the likelihood of triggering.
Problems
Wind Slabs
Aspects: North, North East, East, South East.
Elevations: Alpine.
Likelihood
Expected Size
Valid until: Jan 31st, 2014 2:00PM