Avalanche Forecast
Regions: Glacier.
Weather Forecast
A mix of sun and cloud with isolated flurries today. A slight cooling trend with FL lowering to 1200m, winds should back off into the mod range, currently they're strong gusting to extreme. On Saturday the FL will rise again as we get crushed by another low pressure system, bringing 40mm and strong winds.
Snowpack Summary
Intense loading last night, with significant precipitation (5mm+ an hour) and strong winds created new touchy storm and wind slabs. Yesterday we received 30-40mm of precipitation, with FL hovering near 2000m, these storm layers sit on the previous 60+ cm of HST from earlier this week. The late feb interface is now down 1-1.5m.
Avalanche Summary
Last Friday was the beginning of this long tenured natural avalanche cycle, peaking yesterday and last night with significant precipitation amounts, strong winds & warm temperatures. Yesterday we initiated 63 Artillery controlled avalanches to size 4, we saw 40+ naturals in the highway corridor to size 3. IT'S NOT OVER and on sat it'll peak again!
Confidence
Avalanche Problems
Storm Slabs
Aspects: All aspects.
Elevations: All elevations.
Likelihood: Very Likely
Expected Size: 2 - 4
Persistent Slabs
Aspects: All aspects.
Elevations: All elevations.
Likelihood: Likely
Expected Size: 3 - 4