Avalanche Forecast
Issued: Feb 27th, 2018 3:00PM
The alpine rating is Wind Slabs, Deep Persistent Slabs and Loose Dry.
, the treeline rating is , and the below treeline rating is Known problems includeSummary
Confidence
High -
Weather Forecast
Wednesday will bring a mix of sun and cloud and no new snow. Alpine temperatures should reach a high of -12 °C with winds from the SW at 25 km/h. Thursday and Friday could see some light flurries with accumulations between 5 and 10 cm.
Avalanche Summary
An extensive flight through the region today revealed no new avalanche activity.
Snowpack Summary
5 to 8cm of new snow in the past 24hrs at Treeline. Widespread wind effect in Alpine and Treeline areas, with highly variable wind directions. Surface snow has been facetting on sheltered northerly aspects Below Treeline, and has been reactive to ski cutting in steep terrain in recent days. Several snow profiles today across the region indicate a well settled and dense midpack. The persistent weak layers from Jan 18, Jan 6 and Dec 15 are still evident in the snowpack but there were no test results from compression tests on these layers today.
Problems
Wind Slabs
Aspects: North, North East, East, South East, South.
Elevations: Alpine, Treeline.
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Deep Persistent Slabs
Aspects: All aspects.
Elevations: Alpine, Treeline.
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Loose Dry
Aspects: North, North East, East, South East, South.
Elevations: Alpine.
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Valid until: Feb 28th, 2018 2:00PM