Avalanche Forecast

Fair - Due to variable snowpack conditions

Tuesday: Expect clouds to develop, with a chance of light flurries. Alpine temperatures should reach -7 with light to moderate south-southwesterly winds.Wednesday & Thursday: Clouds persists with flurries tapering through the forecast period. Winds continue to be light from the southwest with alpine temperatures reaching -7 each the afternoon.

Isolated windslabs up to size 2.0 have been controlled at ridgecrest and loose wet sluffing has been observed below 1200m.

Wind slabs have built on lee slopes and behind terrain features likes ribs and ridges. In some locations up to 50 cm of new snow has buried a variety of old surfaces including old wind slabs, scoured thin slopes, crusts and surface hoar. This interface has shown isolated reactivity to rider triggering, especially around treeline and below treeline elevations. Recent warm temperatures have promoted some settlement and consolidated the recent snow into slab-like characteristics. With little observations from the field it's hard to get a good handle on how widespread this layer is, so I would  stress the importance of digging down to find and test weak layers. A cautious and curious approach is critical.The average snowpack depth at treeline is near 100 cm but remains quite inconsistent across the region. A strong mid-pack currently overlies a weak base layer of facets/depth hoar. Triggering of this basal weakness may still be possible from thin spots, rocky outcrops or under the weight of larger triggers such as cornice fall.