Avalanche Forecast
Regions: Glacier.
Weather Forecast
Cold and cloudy with little chance of seeing the sun makes me want to stay inside today... but I won't. Alpine high of -16 with isolated flurries (~2cm for the day) and light ridge top winds from the South West. Friday will be similar to today, cold temps and clear skies for the weekend.
Snowpack Summary
A thin sun crust has formed on steep solar aspects in alpine. Cold temps promoting near surface faceting and softening wind slabs that exist in alpine and exposed areas at tree line. The storm snow has settled has to ~50cm. The Jan 31 and Jan 17 interfaces (surface hoar and sun crust) are down ~50cm and ~70cm at tree line.
Avalanche Summary
A skier triggered size 2.0 yesterday from steep, exposed terrain on Glacier Crest as well as a natural cornice triggered size 2.0 in 'Rail Road Gunners'. There was a large natural cycle over the weekend with many slides running full path.
Confidence
Due to the quality of field observations
Avalanche Problems
Persistent Slabs
Aspects: All aspects.
Elevations: Treeline, Below Treeline.
Likelihood: Possible
Expected Size: 1.5 - 3
Wind Slabs
Aspects: All aspects.
Elevations: Alpine, Treeline.
Likelihood: Possible
Expected Size: 1.5 - 2.5