Avalanche Forecast

Moderate - Intensity of incoming weather systems is uncertain on Tuesday

Monday: Increasing cloud with snow in the afternoon. The freezing level is around 800-1000 m. Ridge winds should increase to moderate from the S-SW. Tuesday: Periods of snow – 20-30 cm from Monday evening through Tuesday. The freezing level is around 1000 m. Winds are moderate to strong from the SW. Wednesday: Flurries ending early, then cloudy with sunny breaks. The freezing level is near 800 m and winds ease to light from the W-NW.

No new avalanches were reported on Saturday. A few small natural and rider-triggered wind slab avalanches up to size 1.5 were reported on Thursday and Friday from steep lee features. 

Up to 20 cm of dry snow sits on a variety of old surfaces including a melt-freeze crust on solar aspects in the alpine, smooth old snow on higher elevation lee slopes, and well-developed surface hoar in sheltered areas at treeline and lower elevations. This dry surface snow is capped by a sun crust on steep solar aspects or a fresh layer of surface hoar on sheltered and shady slopes. Variable winds have created thin soft wind slabs in immediate lee and cross-loaded terrain in alpine areas. The mid and lower snowpack is generally strong.