Avalanche Forecast

Good

Mainly clear skies are expected for the forecast period. Winds should remain generally light from the southwest with daytime temperatures hovering around 4.0.

No new avalanches have been reported.

The snow surface consists of thin wind slabs and wind-pressed snow, a sun crust or moist snow, and dry faceted snow or large surface hoar depending on aspect, elevation, and time of day. 40-70cm below the surface is a persistent weakness of surface hoar, facetted snow, and/or a crust buried at the beginning of January. Most recent tests have shown moderate results at this interface with resistent planar fracture characteristics. Although not widespread, this layer seems to be found in portions of sheltered terrain at and below treeline, and may still be fairly well preserved.No significant weaknesses have been reported recently below this in the mid snowpack layers. Near the base of the snowpack, a crust/facet layer exists, which is now unlikely to be triggered, except perhaps by heavy triggers in steep, shallow, rocky terrain where more facetting has taken place.