Avalanche Forecast

Moderate - Forecast snowfall amounts are uncertain on Monday

SUNDAY NIGHT: Unstable weather will bring spotty precipitation with 5-15 cm of snow possible, gusty winds, and freezing level dropping to the valley. MONDAY: Cloudy with some lingering flurries in the morning then clearing in the afternoon, light north winds, freezing level climbing to 1600 m.TUESDAY: Sunny, moderate southwest wind, freezing level up to 1800 m after an overnight freeze.WEDNESDAY: Sunny with patchy clouds, moderate west winds, freezing level climbing to 2500 m with little overnight freeze.

No new avalanches have been reported since Friday. On Friday, numerous storm slab avalanches up to size 2.5 were reported from explosive control, as well as loose wet avalanches released by ski cuts up to size 1.5. One natural cornice fall on Thursday was size 3, and pulled a storm slab from the slope below. On Monday, fresh storm slabs at higher elevations are the primary concern. Cornices will become a bigger concern throughout the week as temperatures warm up.

Expect a wide range of new snow amounts on Monday morning. A total of 5-25 cm of snow could sit above a mixture of crusts and moist snow surfaces that formed during the recent warm and sunny weather. The thick supportive crust was reported to break down below 1600 m with daytime warming on Sunday. The earlier March crust is now down 40-100 cm. The December facets and November rain crust are buried deep, but they did not become reactive during the latest period of warm weather, rain, and strong solar radiation.