Avalanches remain possible where dry snow is available to form fresh wind slabs
Watch for areas without a thick crust at or near the surface, buried weak layers may remain reactive
Persistent weak layers may linger in the upper snowpack. Triggering may still be possible in areas without a thick and supportive surface crust, most likely at upper treeline and alpine elevations.
On Saturday, small loose wet avalanches were observed. The previous rain and warm temperatures produced a widespread wet avalanche cycle to size 3.
If you are heading into the backcountry, please consider sharing conditions via the MIN.
A widespread, developing melt-freeze crust exists, extending to mountain top in most areas. Around 15 cm of new snow can be found at upper elevations, redistributed by southwest winds.
Below this, 30 to 50 cm of wet snow sits above a crust (1 to 10 cm thick). Various persistent weak layers may still exist in the top 120 cm of the snowpack - these remain a concern at higher elevations where a supportive surface crust does not exist.
In shallow snowpack areas, depth hoar (large facets) can be found near the bottom of the snowpack.
Sunday Night
Mostly clear skies. 50 km/h west ridgetop wind. Treeline temperature -6 °C.
Monday
Sunny. 50 km/h west ridgetop wind. Treeline temperature -6 °C.
Tuesday
Mix of sun and clouds. 5 to 15 cm of snow. 40 km/h southwest ridgetop wind. Treeline temperature -4 °C.
Wednesday
Mostly cloudy. 5 to 10 cm of snow. 60 km/h southwest ridgetop wind. Treeline temperature -2 °C. Freezing level 1900 m.
More details can be found in the Mountain Weather Forecast.
