Avalanche Forecast

Warming is expected Monday with periods of light to moderate rain and snow with generally light winds. This should cause light rain near and below treeline to not have a significant impact on the avalanche danger. Above treeline, some shallow new snow may build small areas of storm or wind slab on isolated terrain features, such as some lee aspects near ridges, mainly NW through NE facing. 

Heavy rains last Thursday and Friday were followed by a small amount of heavy wet snow Saturday. The meager amounts of snow that remain in the Hurricane Ridge area are not presently creating an avalanche problem near or below treeline. In that area, much of the terrain is snow free or has patchy amounts, and even on shaded slopes there remains generally less than a couple feet of snow. 

Strong, well bonded snow at higher elevations on shaded terrain, consisting of melt-freeze grains and crusts with shallow recent new snow amounts are not posing a significant avalanche problem at this time. Recent wet, heavy snow above treeline may have been transported to some lee slopes below ridges where areas of wind slab may have developed. 

There is currently not enough snow near and below treeline at Hurricane to cause an avalanche danger.