Avalanche Forecast
Regions: Glacier.
Weather Forecast
Sunny with cloudy periods, and flurries possible. Light winds from the SE with gusts to 40kph. Freezing line rising to 1900m today. Tonight flurries with 6cm and light S winds gusting to 45kph. Saturday and Sunday bring more snowfall, and gusty winds, with the freeze line rising to 1800m on Saturday.
Snowpack Summary
Windslabs in the Alpine and Treeline are touchy, with surface hoar sitting on thick sun crust. Snowpack test results at Mt Fidelity showed these slabs were ripe to trigger and propagate on a S aspect. Ridge top cornices are weak right now and can trigger deeper layers in the snowpack causing larger avalanches. Sun today will increase hazard levels.
Avalanche Summary
A natural avalanche cycle is currently underway, with numerous sz 2-3's from recent snowfall and strong to extreme winds. A large sz 3.5 from a NE aspect on Parson's Peak in the Bonney drainage was triggered by a cornice fall early this morning and dug down through the entire winters snowpack and in places to glacier ice.
Confidence
Timing, track, or intensity of incoming weather system is uncertain
Avalanche Problems
Persistent Slabs
Aspects: North, North East, East, South East, South, South West.
Elevations: All elevations.
Likelihood: Likely
Expected Size: 1 - 4
Wind Slabs
Aspects: All aspects.
Elevations: Alpine, Treeline.
Likelihood: Possible - Likely
Expected Size: 1 - 3
Cornices
Aspects: All aspects.
Elevations: Alpine, Treeline.
Likelihood: Possible
Expected Size: 2 - 4