Avalanche Forecast
Regions: Glacier.
Weather Forecast
A stubborn high pressure ridge sits over the provence today bringing clear, cool and dry conditions. Expect mostly sunny skies with moderate NE winds. Freezing level to 600m. The high pressure ridge will persists into early next week.
Snowpack Summary
Difficult travel and ski conditions below 1900m where a light dusting of new snow sits on a bulletproof crust. Ski Crampons are recommended. Above treeline, 20-25cm of light snow sits over the Valentines Day crust with soft wind slabs forming on all aspects. The mid-pack is well settled. Persistent weak layers down 1-1.5m are stubborn to trigger.
Avalanche Summary
No new avalanches were observed yesterday in the highway corridor. No signs on instability were observed by a field team on MacDonald West Shoulder.
Confidence
Avalanche Problems
Wind Slabs
Aspects: All aspects.
Elevations: Alpine, Treeline.
Likelihood: Possible
Expected Size: 1 - 2
Persistent Slabs
Aspects: All aspects.
Elevations: Alpine, Treeline.
Likelihood: Unlikely
Expected Size: 3 - 4