Avalanche Forecast
Regions: Glacier.
Weather Forecast
A frontal system moves through the region today bringing moderate snowfall. 15cm of accumulation is expected by Monday morning. Strong SW winds with freezing levels climbing to 1700m this afternoon. Freezing levels drop on Monday as precipitation intensity declines. A second frontal system moves in on Tuesday bringing up to 20cm by late Thursday.
Snowpack Summary
8cm of new snow sits on a breakable crust on SE through W aspects and widespread surface hoar. Soft slabs in the upper 50cm can be found near ridge crests, but are more stubborn to move now. The February 10th surface hoar / sun crust is down 50-90cm and is much less reactive than a few days ago.
Avalanche Summary
No new activity was observed in the highway corridor. We received a report of a skier triggered size 1 soft slab avalanche in Balu Pass, failing 10cm down on the February 27 surface hoar layer.
Confidence
Intensity of incoming weather systems is uncertain
Avalanche Problems
Storm Slabs
Aspects: All aspects.
Elevations: Alpine, Treeline.
Likelihood: Likely
Expected Size: 1 - 3
Persistent Slabs
Aspects: All aspects.
Elevations: All elevations.
Likelihood: Unlikely - Possible
Expected Size: 1 - 3