Douglas Island

With unseasonably warm temps and heavy rainfall at times on all elevations of Douglas Island hazard has dropped to low. Rainfall has percolated though the entire snowpack and weak layers have been broken down leaving things more like a late spring snowpack. While natural and human triggered avalanches are unlikely it is still smart to practice good travel habits and with ski conditions not great it's a good time to set up some rescue scenarios with your partners and get dialed with companion rescue.

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With so much rain and above freezing temperatures at elevation the snowpack has transitioned to an isothermal one, meaning the temperature throughout the pack is uniform which is more typical of late spring.  This seems to have broken down weak layers formed earlier in the season but could present it's own problems moving forward, including glide avalanches and wet slab problems. Stability and travel tests lately have produced no results and no new avalanche activity has been observed or reported. With heavy rains expected throughout the coming week it does not appear that things will change anytime soon until we see colder weather move back into the region.