Avalanche Forecast
Regions: Glacier.
Weather Forecast
Mainly cloudy today with a chance of flurries, the alpine may reach -6, and the wind will be light out of the SW. Tomorrow: 7cm of new snow through out the day, FL rising to 1300m, and light winds from the SW. Friday: 30cm+ of new snow, freezing level hovering at 1300m, and winds picking up to moderate values, gusting to strong from the SW.
Snowpack Summary
Extreme winds over the weekend created wind slabs on specific terrain features in the alpine and treeline. Soft slabs exist at treeline and below as the January 17th surface hoar has been incrementally buried. This layer is now buried 25-45cm, it is most reactive between 1400-1900m, and where it overlies a crust on steep solar aspects.
Avalanche Summary
No new avalanche activity obs in the HWY corridor yesterday. Numerous groups were out in the Backcountry/Alpine skiing all aspects and many of the classic steep lines with no reactivity. The one anomaly to the day was a skier accidental size 2.5, on a steep, rocky, unsupported, South facing slope. 2 involved, 1 partial and 1 full burial, see MIN.
Confidence
Avalanche Problems
Wind Slabs
Aspects: All aspects.
Elevations: Alpine, Treeline.
Likelihood: Possible
Expected Size: 1 - 3
Persistent Slabs
Aspects: All aspects.
Elevations: Treeline, Below Treeline.
Likelihood: Possible
Expected Size: 1 - 2