Avalanche Forecast

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Wednesday: Cloudy with flurries turning to light snowfall with associated moderate southwesterly winds in the afternoon. Freezing levels are expected to drop throughout the day to valley bottoms. Thursday: Snow tapering off throughout the day with a storm total of 10-15cm expected by the afternoon. Continued moderate southwesterly winds and valley bottom freezing levels. Friday: A mix of sun and cloud, light winds, and freezing levels in valley bottoms.

No recent avalanche activity has been reported.

Large surface hoar and faceted powder on sheltered shady slopes, and a hard crust on sun-exposed slopes, may have been buried in the past week by very light amounts of new snow. Since then new surface hoar formed and loose surface snow continued to facet. A thick hard rain crust down 10-30cm can be found as high as treeline elevations. Snow pack depths and surface condition are highly variable in wind-exposed areas. The upper and mid snowpack is generally well consolidated, but basal facets and depth hoar near the ground gave recently produced hard but sudden compression test results at a shallow alpine site in the Duffy Lake area. Check out the Forecaster's Blog link below for more snowpack discussion and good advice.