Avalanche Forecast

Moderate

No recent avalanches have been reported in the region.

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High freezing levels produced moist surface snow up to 2000 m on Friday. As temperatures cool a crust will form.

At alpine elevations, roughly 10 cm of low-density snow since the weekend overlies a generally well-settled upper snowpack. The mid and lower snowpack consists of loose facets, with a significant weak layer of large facets and a crust down 80 to 120 cm from the surface. The snow below the crust is generally weak and unconsolidated.

Treeline snow depths are roughly 140 to 160 cm.

Friday night

Isolated wet flurries, trace accumulation. Moderate southwest ridgetop winds. Treeline low temperatures -6 C. Freezing level falling to 1700 m.

Saturday

Cloudy with flurries, up to 5 cm. Light southwest ridgetop winds. Treeline high temperatures around 0 C. Freezing level below 1700 m.

Cloudy with flurries, up to 5 cm. Moderate and gusty southwest ridgetop winds. Treeline high temperatures -1 C, freezing level below 1500 m.

Cloudy with isolated flurries. Light southwest ridgetop winds. Treeline high temperatures -3 C, freezing level below 1100 m.

More details can be found in the Mountain Weather Forecast.

• Uncertainty is best managed through conservative terrain choices at this time.
• In areas where deep persistent slabs may exist, avoid shallow or variable depth snowpacks and unsupported terrain features.
• Don't let the desire for deep powder pull you into high consequence terrain.