Avalanche Forecast

Moderate

No new avalanches reported; however, with intense snowfall at times a natural avalanche cycle overnight and Thursday was likely.

Keep sharing your observations via the MIN; it helps strengthen our information gathering.

Upper snowpack: up to 50 cm of recent snow.Mid-pack: a softer, weaker layer of less cohesive snow around 80 cm down should be gaining strength as it squishes. Lower-pack: Further down in the snowpack, there are reports of a thick melt-freeze crust and increasing strength.

At 1000 m the snowpack depth is around 130 cm. Lower treeline and below treeline elevation are still below the threshold for avalanches.

Thursday NightContinued precipitation with 15 mm / cm expected overnight. Storm totals by morning of ~ 60 mm water equivalent which means around ~50 cm at high elevations. Snow level ~300 m. Ridge temperatures around -3. Moderate southwest wind.

FridaySnow ending late in the day with up to 10 cm accumulating. Snow level steady around 300 m. Ridge temperatures as cold as -5 C. Light to moderate southwest wind.

Another storm forecast to bring around 30 to maybe 40 mm precipitation. Moderate southerly wind. Snow level rising to ~500m. Ridge top temperatures -2 to -5 C.

Overcast but dry. Snow level ~500m. Temperatures aas cold as -5 C near the ridges and peaks.

More details can be found in the Mountain Weather Forecast.

• Avoid all avalanche terrain during periods of heavy snowfall.
• Use caution above cliffs and terrain traps where even small avalanches may have severe consequences.
• Watch for newly formed and reactive wind slabs as you transition into wind affected terrain.
• Continue to make conservative terrain choices while the storm snow settles and stabilizes.