Avalanche Forecast
Issued: Mar 19th, 2021 4:00PM
The alpine rating is
, the treeline rating is , and the below treeline rating isAdam Greenberg,
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