Avalanche Forecast
Regions: Glacier.
Weather Forecast
Mainly cloudy today with no sign of precipitation. Winds at ridge top will remain light with an alpine high of -1. A weak disturbance is expected to bring trace amounts of snow on Saturday. A high pressure system will return for the early part of next week, bringing dry conditions for the foreseeable future.
Snowpack Summary
A thin sun crust is present on steep solar aspects. Recent storm snow continues to settle and bond to the old snow surface. The December 17th surface hoar on crust layer is down 80-100cm. This layer remains reactive to skier loads on unsupported features.
Avalanche Summary
Natural activity has begun to taper off since the storm, however isolated size 2 avalanches continue to be observed on steep terrain in the highway corridor. Yesterday a field team on Mt Abbott was able initiate a Sc size1.5 on a convex roll near treeline. The failure plane was the Dec 17 surface hoar, which had previously released and reloaded.
Confidence
Avalanche Problems
Storm Slabs
Aspects: All aspects.
Elevations: Alpine, Treeline.
Likelihood: Possible - Likely
Expected Size: 2 - 3
Persistent Slabs
Aspects: All aspects.
Elevations: All elevations.
Likelihood: Possible
Expected Size: 1 - 3