Avalanche Forecast
Issued: Nov 28th, 2013 3:00PM
The alpine rating is Persistent Slabs.
, the treeline rating is , and the below treeline rating is Known problems includeThis is the time to go ice climbing as skiing is rather challenging/scary thin at the moment. The drought word is slowly beginning to be used around the forecasters office here.
Summary
Confidence
Good
Weather Forecast
Fridays weather looks to be much like a carbon copy of thursdays. No new snow, mix of sun and cloud and generally calm winds. The ddddddrought word is creeping into our vocabulary.
Avalanche Summary
No new avalanches observed.
Snowpack Summary
Very little change over the past few days. Steep solar aspects have a sun crust and there is widespread surface hoar growth up to 15mm below 2300m. Cold temps facetting out the snowpack at lower elevations.
Problems
Persistent Slabs
Avalanches initiated in the snowpack are likely to fail on the basal October crust and involve the entire winters snowpack.
Be aware of the potential for wide propagations due to the presence of hard windslabs.>Be aware of thin areas that may propogate to deeper instabilites.>Avoid thin, rocky or sparsely-treed slopes.>
Aspects: North, North East, East, South East.
Elevations: Alpine, Treeline.
Likelihood
Expected Size
Valid until: Nov 29th, 2013 2:00PM