Avalanche Forecast

Issued: Mar 19th, 2021 4:00PM

The alpine rating is low, the treeline rating is low, and the below treeline rating is low.

Adam Greenberg,

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The arrival of cooler weather this weekend will form a thick surface crust and stabilize the snowpack. Weather models vary for snowfall amounts on Monday, if we see more than 10cm be on the lookout for pockets of windslab.

Summary

Weather Forecast

Saturday: Sunny with cloudy periods and isolated wet flurries. Alpine High 3 C. Wind SW 20 km/h gusting to 70 km/h. Freezing level: 1600 metres.

Sunday: Mainly cloudy with isolated flurries. Alpine High -7 °C. Wind SW: 35 km/h. Freezing level at valley bottom.

Monday: Mainly cloudy with scattered flurries, up to 5 cm. Freezing level at valley bottom.

Snowpack Summary

A thick crust exists on the surface to ridgetop except on high north faces. This tops 30-50cm moist snow above of the Feb 14 facet layer which is above hard surfaces in most places. The remainder of the midpack is made up of dense moist facets and decomposing crusts, with early season ice crusts forming the base.

Avalanche Summary

No new avalanches observed

Confidence

Forecast snowfall amounts are uncertain on Monday

Valid until: Mar 22nd, 2021 4:00PM