Avalanche Forecast

Fair - Timing or intensity of solar radiation is uncertain for the entire period

A ridge of high pressure is expected to develop throughout the forecast period. A mix of sun and cloud and generally light east/northeast winds are expected each day. Daytime freezing levels are meant to climb gradually from about 1000m on Monday to about 1600m on Wednesday.

A size 2 skier accidental avalanche was triggered in the north of the region on a west aspect at 2200m. The skier was not caught in the avalanche which failed within the recent storm snow. Elsewhere, Friday night's storm slab was reactive to explosives and skier traffic in wind-affected terrain to size 1.5.

Moderate to locally heavy snow accumulations from Friday night have been shifted by southwest, and more recently northeast winds into windslabs which exist at treeline and above.A surface hoar interface is buried within the upper metre or so of the snowpack, mainly on high-elevation northerly aspects. It may be slowly gaining some strength, but these slopes should still be treated with suspicion. On other slopes, recent storm snow overlies a crust. This interface may become particularly reactive on solar aspects as sunnier skies prevail over the next few days. Cornices in the region are very large and potentially destructive. Triggering will become more likely with forecast sunny periods.