Beautiful days to be in the mountains with good snow conditions and a generally stable snowpack. Climbers should be wary of steep gullies and in particular avoid sun exposed gullies this week. Thurs and Fri will be hot in sheltered areas.
Summary
Weather Forecast
The warm air has arrived and it at the higher elevations today and also for Wednesday. Expect clear skies and continued warming through the week, particularly on the eastern side of the park. Valley bottom high's will reach +1 by Friday. Thursday and Friday will be the warmest days of the week. Don't be fooled by cold temps in the valleys.
Snowpack Summary
The surface snow is a mix of soft powder and wind effect in alpine areas and 30cm of unconsolidated facets below 2000m where the Dec 15 surface hoar is also very prominent buried 40cm down - not an issue right now with no slab above it but watch for this in the future. The deeper snowpack has a few crust/facet layers but is generally strong.
Avalanche Summary
Saw lots of loose snow activity in steep rocky alpine areas today from the sunshine, but otherwise only small windslabs and loose snow avalanches in the past 48 hours.
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