Avalanche Forecast

Moderate - Timing, track, or intensity of incoming weather system is uncertain

SUNDAY: Flurries starting in the afternoon, moderate southeast winds, alpine temperatures around -4.MONDAY: Flurries continuing overnight with 15-20 cm of new snow by the morning, moderate to strong southwest winds, alpine temperatures around -6.TUESDAY: Cloudy with scattered flurries and 5-10 cm of new snow, light east winds, alpine temperatures around -12.

No new avalanches were reported on Friday. Several small wind slab avalanches were reported earlier in the week, and lingering wind slabs may still be reactive in isolated wind-loaded pockets.

Up to 5 cm of new snow covers a variable surface with a mix of soft wind slabs, hard wind slabs, sastrugi, faceted snow, and even some surface hoar. Last week's winds reverse loaded many terrain features and formed stubborn wind slabs on a surprising range of aspects. An interface of faceted (sugary) snow and surface hoar was buried on Boxing Day and can be found up to 100 cm deep. Recent observations suggest the snow has bonded well to this interface. Snowpack layers below this interface are also generally well bonded.