Avalanche forecast

Glencoe

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Highlights

GC9/3 Dry+cold Snowpack firm and icy in exposed. locations, isolated soft snow patches+cornices will require care Aval hazard Low.

Avalanche Activity

GC9/3 Dry+cold Snowpack firm and icy in exposed. locations, isolated soft snow patches+cornices will require care Aval hazard Low.

Forecast Snow Stability: Cold conditions overnight and through the day will maintain a generally stable snowpack. The surface of the snow will be firm and icy in many exposed locations. It will remain dry throughout. Isolated soft snow patches and cornices will require care and attention. The avalanche hazard will be Low.

Snowpack Structure

Forecast Weather Influences: Strong to gale Easterly winds will continue to affect the area. It will remain cold and dry. Summit temperatures will be around -3 to -5 degrees Celsius. Observed Weather Influences: Cooler conditions have affected the area, there has been a trace of new snow on higher slopes, winds have been strong generally from an Easterly direction. Summit temperatures today are around -3 to-4 degrees Celsius. ObservedSnowStability: Cooler conditions are firming up the snowpack giving good general stability, isolated shallow pockets of soft snow are forming in wind sheltered locations but these are generally insignificant in depth. The avalanche hazard is Low.

Bulletin data: Scottish Avalanche Information Service (via EAWS / avalanche.report)

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