Avalanche Forecast

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Monday: Mainly cloudy with a mix of isolated flurries or light rain. Light to moderate southeast winds. Temperature inversion persisting with freezing levels to 1800 metres and alpine high temperatures of +3. Cooler at lower elevations.Tuesday: Mainly cloudy with isolated flurries and a trace of new snow. Light to moderate southwest winds. Freezing level returning to around 600 metres as the temperature inversion diminishes. Alpine high temperatures to -3.Wednesday: Cloudy with scattered flurries bringing 2-5 cm of new snow, continuing overnight. Freezing level to 600 metres with alpine high temperatures of -3.

No new avalanches have been reported in the region.

Warm temperatures have moistened snow at the surface at upper elevations and cooling over Sunday night is likely to form a new crust on the surface. Below the surface, 20 to 30 cm of dry snow overlies various surfaces including a freezing rain crust (which was reported as being hard in the alpine and breakable below treeline), old sun crusts and wind slabs.A variable weak layer that formed in mid-December can be found in the upper snowpack. This mid-December layer is comprised of crusts on solar aspects and feathery surface hoar in sheltered locations.The lower snowpack is generally well-settled with two prominent crusts. The late-November crust can be found 30-50 cm below the surface and the October crust is near the base of the snowpack.