Avalanche Forecast
Issued: Jan 4th, 2016 8:00AM
The alpine rating is Loose Dry.
, the treeline rating is , and the below treeline rating is Known problems includeA few hours of moderate NE winds last night may have caused some reverse loading along ridges. Use caution when venturing into steep avalanche terrain. Plan a turn around time that gets you back to the trail head well before dark.
Summary
Weather Forecast
The temperature inversion is getting pushed out with light snow forecast for this afternoon and evening in the realm of 2-4cm by Tuesday morning.
Snowpack Summary
The inversion and strong solar radiation have created thin surface crust on steep solar aspects. Northerly facing terrain and lower elevation terrain expect 30cm of low density faceted snow on a well settled base.
Avalanche Summary
The only recent observations are sluffing out of steep solar terrain.
Confidence
Problems
Loose Dry
Loose sluffs can be expected in steep rocky terrain. This will be more pronounced given strong solar input.
Be cautious of sluffing in steep terrain.
Aspects: North, North East, East, South East, South.
Elevations: Alpine, Treeline.
Likelihood
Expected Size
Valid until: Jan 5th, 2016 8:00AM