Avalanche Forecast

Now until Friday, freezing level will hover around 1800m, temperatures will be seasonal -3 to -6C. Expect freeze thaw conditions. Mixed clouds and trace of snow rest of the week.

Tuesday's warm temperatures softened alpine surface snow and weakened lower elevations snowpack making for moist/wet conditions. Slabs will persist at tree-line and above on North-Easterly aspects below ridge crests and cross-loaded terrain. The mid-pack is facetted, new snow interface is a concern along with a decomposed surface hoar down 40cm.

Warm temperatures induced a natural avalanche cycle on Tuesday late afternoon. Size 3's noted in the alpine and size 2's at lower elevations. Highway 93 was subsequently closed in the late afternoon. Control work on Wednesday produced loose wet avalanches to size 2 that crossed the highway and wet slabs that showed propagation up to 100m across.