Avalanche Forecast
Issued: Feb 28th, 2015 7:01AM
The alpine rating is Wind Slabs.
, the treeline rating is , and the below treeline rating is Known problems includeSummary
Confidence
Fair - Wind effect is extremely variable
Weather Forecast
Apart from some light snow or flurries late on Sunday, the next few days look dry and cool, with mainly moderate northerly winds.
Avalanche Summary
No new avalanches have been reported recently. Small loose wet avalanches are possible on sun-warmed slopes and it may be possible to trigger thin wind slabs.
Snowpack Summary
Strong outflow winds (mainly from the north) have created areas of wind slab on lee slopes. On other slopes you may find old wind slabs, a sun crust on all solar aspects, surface hoar, surface facets, and/or up to 5 cm of soft snow over a widespread supportive rain crust in wind sheltered areas. The snowpack is generally strong and well settled. However, large cornices may become weak with daytime warming.
Problems
Wind Slabs
Aspects: North, North East, East, South East, South, South West.
Elevations: Alpine.
Likelihood
Expected Size
Valid until: Mar 1st, 2015 2:00PM