Avalanche Forecast
Regions: Glacier.
Weather Forecast
Building high pressure over the region will give us sunny skies and start to drive temperatures up. Freezing level is forecast to go up to 3700m today which will give us an Alpine high of 13 deg. Winds will be S-15kph & there's no precip forecast in the next few days. Most models show freezing levels staying above 3700m until the middle of the week
Snowpack Summary
The melt-freeze crust on the surface is over 10cm thick, with the top ~5cm breaking down to "corn" by early afternoon. The crust will become weaker with forecast warm overnight temps. A treeline profile yesterday showed an isothermal snowpack with consistent temps of 0 deg & the top 1.5m moist or wet. N'ly asps above ~2300m still holding dry snow
Avalanche Summary
Two days ago a N facing slide path off Mt Green produced a sz 2 wet slab. Otherwise there has been little avalanche activity lately due to good overnight freezes of the snowpack. This will change with the forecast high freezing levels. Expect glide-cracks to become more active, which are opening up on many slopes and can fail unpredictably
Confidence
Avalanche Problems
Loose Wet
Aspects: All aspects.
Elevations: All elevations.
Likelihood: Likely
Expected Size: 1 - 3
Wet Slabs
Aspects: North, North East, East, South East, South, South West, West.
Elevations: All elevations.
Likelihood: Possible - Likely
Expected Size: 2 - 3