Avalanche Forecast

Moderate

On Friday, surface sluffing was reported across the region on steep terrain, including rider-triggered dry loose on northerly slopes and solar-induced wet loose on southerly slopes.

Expect increasing avalanche activity within the recent storm snow with the forecasted warm weather.

A spring diurnal cycle occurred up to 2000 m. The surface is either moist or capped with a thin crust on all aspects and elevations except for high northerly slopes where up to 25 cm of settled snow overlies a thick crust from late March. Below these crusts, the upper snowpack is moist.

Several weak layers from early March, mid-February, and late January can be found in the mid and lower snowpack.

The remainder of the snowpack is generally well settled.

Saturday Night

Clear. 15 to 20 km/h southwest ridgetop wind. Treeline temperature +0 °C. Freezing level around 1800 m with temperature inversion.

Sunday

Sunny. 10 to 30 km/h south ridgetop wind. Treeline temperature +8° C. Freezing level around 3000 m.

Monday

Cloudy with 10 to 15 cm of wet snow or rain. 20 to 40 km/h southeast ridgetop wind. Treeline temperature +4° C. Freezing level lowering to 2500 m.

Tuesday

Cloudy with 5 to 10 cm of new snow. 20 to 30 km/h southeast ridgetop wind. Treeline temperature +2° C. Freezing level around 1800 m.

More details can be found in the Mountain Weather Forecast.

• Avalanche danger is expected to increase throughout the day.
• Limit exposure to steep, sun exposed slopes, especially when the solar radiation is strong.
• Avoid travelling on slopes below cornices.
• The likelihood of deep persistent slab avalanches will increase with each day of warm weather.