Avalanche Forecast

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Tuesday will bring a mixed bag of cloud, sun and light flurries, a very typical Spring day. The alpine should reach 0c, along with Moderate NW winds. Freezing level is expected to creep up to 2200m. You will feel this sooner on solar aspects.

One size 1 slab (40cm thick) was skier triggered in a wind loaded area near the Dogleg.

Generally a well settled snowpack on polar aspects with some wind slabs from recent winds in the alpine. Quite a different picture on steep solar aspects as there are two buried crusts approximately 40cm and 60cm down. Today the forecasters dug a pit on a SE aspects just below ridgeline and got easy test results with the surface slab sitting on a crust 40cm down. It is the time of year where the snow can change quickly, even on overcast days. Take the time to dig and evaluate carefully before committing to larger features. We did find good skiing even though the surface looked wind affected.

• Avoid sun exposed slopes when the solar radiation is strong, especially if snow is moist or wet
• Be alert to conditions that change with elevation and wind exposure.
• Wind slabs may be poorly bonded to the underlying crust.
• Cornices become weak with daytime heating or solar exposure.