Avalanche Forecast

Freezing Levels are forecast to remain in the alpine on Friday night, though mostly clear skies may allow a light refreeze of the snow surface. Expect sun Saturday morning, before moderate NE winds bring increasing cloud. Light showers turn to flurries early Sunday, as freezing levels drop to 1500m. Sun and rising freezing levels late Sun/Mon.

The snowpack is isothermal in many areas, but will cool on Saturday night.  Multiple buried crusts, although soft/wet, are keeping the snowpack supportive through the cooler parts of the day.  The upper snowpack will be strong while frozen, but increasingly weak if temperatures rise above freezing, or during periods of strong sun.

A few small (Size 1) Loose Wet avalanches were observed on Friday from steep terrain.  New glide cracks are appearing almost daily, as the whole snowpack slumps downhill on certain slopes, though no glide avalanche releases have been noted yet.