Avalanche Forecast

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Tomorow will start with a temperature of -12, but warm up to about -6 by mid afternoon. No significant snow is forecast, but some isolated flurries are likely. Winds will subside as the day goes on and settle at L/SW by mid afternoon.

A few minor loose dry sluffs out of steep, wind exposed areas. No new slab avalanches.

A walk to Tent Ridge today had 5-10cm low density snow on top of an insulated crust from the past few days. This crust is about 4cm thick and more pronounced on solar aspects. At treeline, the underlying crust was replaced with a hard windslab that was basically in the surface. A quick hole had the Feb 19th interface down 50-60cm and inconsistently reactive in tests. Despite a well settled snowpack in tests, we still bailed from the ridge early, suspecting reactive windslabs in the immediate lee.

• Watch for newly formed and reactive wind slabs as you transition into wind affected terrain.
• Avoid lee and cross-loaded terrain.
• Pay attention to isolated alpine features as well as cross-loaded features at treeline.
• Be alert to conditions that change with elevation and sun exposure.
• Avoid sun exposed slopes when the solar radiation is strong, especially if snow is moist or wet