Avalanche Forecast

Wednesday night: Mostly cloudy, light ridgetop wind, treeline temperature around -4, freezing level 1000 m.

Thursday: Mix of sun and cloud, light wind, treeline temperature around -4, freezing level 1000 m.

Friday: Sunny, light, treeline temperature around -3, freezing level 800 m.

Saturday: Sunny, light, treeline temperature around -7, freezing level 800 m.

No new reports.

A widespread crust caps the snow surface. The exception may be higher elevation north-facing slopes, where there could be roughly 10 cm of wind affected snow sitting above crusts. There could be some weak faceted snow forming around these crusts, but avalanches on this layer are unlikely at this point. The lower snowpack is a well consolidated multi-tiered sandwich of crusts and moist snow.

Watch North Shore Rescue's weekly snowpack conditions update from Friday here.

• A crust on the surface will help bind the snow together, but may make for tough travel conditions.
• Pay attention to isolated alpine features as well as cross-loaded features at treeline.