Avalanche Forecast

Skies will cloud over Monday morning with a weak disturbance arriving overnight. Because the disturbance leads with a cold front, freezing level should lower to around 1000m overnight Monday and then hover between 1000 and 1500m through Wednesday. Winds will back to the south but remain in the light to moderate range. Precipitation forecast calls for 5 to 15mm by Tuesday evening -- rain at mid and lower elevations, snow at higher elevations.

No new observations reported.Cornices are also expected to be weak right now. Wet Loose response to solar rad & daytime warming. Wet slab possible lower elevations. TL & BTL likely just melting out gracefully,

Moist or wet snow exists on all aspects at all elevations; the only possible exception is high elevation northerly aspects in Northern areas. Any surface crusts that form overnight will quickly break down during the day. The snowpack's strength is directly related to the thickness and strength of these crusts. Where layers remain in the snowpack, they are generally bonding. A widespread crust/facet layer from early February and depth hoar at the bottom of the snowpack (primarily in northerly & inland areas) are dormant. Cycles of melting and refreezing have limited the reactivity of these old layers. However they, or the ground, could potentially once again be the layer for an isolated yet large avalanche with prolonged periods of warming.