Avalanche Forecast

WEDNESDAY NIGHT: Cloudy / Light, southeast ridgetop wind / alpine low temperature -1 / Freezing level 900 m

THURSDAY: Cloudy, isolated wet flurries / Light, gusty southeast ridgetop wind / alpine high temperature +2 / Freezing level 1200 m

FRIDAY: Cloudy with flurries, trace to 5 cm / Light, northeast ridgetop wind / alpine high temperature -2 / Freezing level 800 m

SATURDAY: Wet flurries, 10 cm / Light, gusty south ridgetop wind / alpine high temperature 2 / Freezing level 1600 m

There have been no recent avalanche reports in the region

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The atmospheric river dropped over upwards of 100 mm of rain on the North Shore Mountains early this week. Cooling temperatures Wednesday and intermittent precipitation deposited flurries at high elevations. Wet snow covers crusts and a settled snowpack as you decrease in elevation. The snowpack has begun to cool and freeze.

Snowpack depth changes quickly with elevation. Prior to the storm, depths ranged from 100 cm in the trees up to 150-200 cm near mountain tops.

• Be alert to conditions that change with elevation.
• Watch for wind-loaded pockets especially around ridgecrest and in extreme terrain.
• The more the snow feels like a slurpy, the more likely loose wet avalanches will become.