Avalanche Forecast

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Thursday night: 20-30 cm new snow / Strong to extreme, southwesterly winds/ Freezing level dropping to around 1000m.Friday: 5-10 cm new snow / Strong, southwesterly winds / Freezing level around 1000 m.Saturday: Mix of sun and cloud / Light to moderate, southwesterly winds/ Freezing level around 800 m.Sunday: Mix of sun and cloud / Light to moderate, southwesterly winds / Freezing level rising to around 1000 m.

Thursday's storm has created touchy storm slabs that will remain likely to human trigger on Friday.

40-80 cm of recent storm snow has buried a wide variety of old snow surfaces including stiff wind slab or wind effected snow at upper elevations, sun crust on steep southerly slopes, surface hoar(up to 10 mm) in sheltered locations. In sheltered ares where the recent storm snow is overlying surface hoar(weak, feathery crystals), you may see increased reactivity on this layer as the storm snow begins to settle into a more cohesive slab. The mid-January interface (facets) is buried approximately 100-180 cm down. The mid and lower snowpack is generally well settled (strong). However, there remain a number of facet and crust layers that are currently dormant but will require monitoring with additional loading.