Avalanche Forecast

Moderate - Forecast snowfall amounts are uncertain on Monday

Snow fall totals are uncertain Sunday evening into Monday, with 5cm on the low end and 20 cm being the upper end of forecast amounts.  SUNDAY NIGHT: Snow. 5-15cm likely. Overnight lows near -7 Celsius. Light southerly winds.MONDAY: Cloudy with lingering flurries (up to 5 cm additional snow). Moderate westerly winds. Alpine temperature +1 C. Freezing level rising to 1600 m.TUESDAY: Cloudy with sunny breaks. Light westerly winds. Alpine temperature +2 C. Freezing level 1700 m.WEDNESDAY: Cloudy with sunny breaks. Light to moderate westerly winds. Alpine temperature +2 C. Freezing level 1800 m.

Many wet loose and dry loose avalanches to size 1.5 were reported on sunny aspects on Friday. Isolated natural storm slab activity to size 2 was also noted on east facing fan features, likely running during Thursday's storm. See this MIN post for more information.

The last precipitation in this region was Thursday into Friday, with snow at higher elevations (up to 25 cm of snow) and rain at low elevations. This precipitation fell on a thick melt-freeze crust that exists on all aspects from previous warm temperatures and rain, except for possibly higher elevations on north aspects. Sunny conditions on Friday (and some locations on Saturday as well) created moist surface snow on sunny aspects, which froze to form a 2-5 cm thick crust overnight. Lingering wind slabs can still be found in the alpine, immediately behind ridge crests. A weak layer of surface hoar buried mid-February exists in parts of the region around 50 to 80 cm deep. The lower snowpack is weak with a combination of crusts and facets near the bottom of the snowpack that are widespread.