Avalanche Forecast

Good

The ridge of high pressure will continue to bring dry conditions until Wednesday at which point the region will see moderate to locally heavy snowfall amounts. Winds are expected to remain generally light from the southwest (moderate in the north). Alpine temperatures are expected to hover around 5.0 on Monday and Tuesday dropping to -6.0 on Wednesday.

No new avalanches have been reported from the region.

Above freezing temperatures at higher elevations have caused snow surfaces to moisten on sun-exposed slopes; however, a nightly crust recovery has been occurring under clear skies. The surface snow on northerly aspects is dry and heavily wind-affected with continued surface hoar development at lower elevations. 40-80 cm below the surface is a persistent weakness of surface hoar that was buried at the beginning of January. Despite recent warming, no recent avalanche activity has occurred at this interface. Having said that, triggering may still be possible in isolated terrain.Near the base of the snowpack, a crust/facet layer exists, which is now unlikely to be triggered, except perhaps by warming or heavy triggers in unsupported, shallow, rocky terrain where more facetting has taken place.