Avalanche Forecast

A few natural wet loose avalanches, size 1, were reported at treeline on Saturday.

Thanks for the observations and please continue to post your reports and photos to the Mountain Information Network. It is really helpful for forecasters!

Last week's rain saturated the snowpack at all elevations and pretty much removed all layering. At high elevations there's some new snow above the rain runnels and there's more snow in the forecast, at least for higher elevations.

Sunday Night: Temperatures and freezing level starts to fall with freezing level around 1000 m. Snow & rain also start to fall with up to 20 mm water equivalent overnight. Moderate east to southeast wind.

Monday: As much as 40 mm water equivalent during the day with freezing level around 1000 m. Near the peaks that could be as much as 40 cm of snow with snow depth tapering at lower elevations to where there's only a trace of wet snow around 600 m (the rain / snow line). Moderate south wind.

No new precipitation. Freezing level near 1000m. Light southwest wind. Cloudy or overcast.

Snow arrives again overnight and during the day with 30 to 50 mm of water equivalency forecast. Freezing level remains steady around 1000m.

More details can be found in the Mountain Weather Forecast.

• Storm slab size and sensitivity to triggering will likely increase through the day.
• Minimize exposure during periods of heavy loading from new snow and wind.
• Be careful to keep storm day fever from luring you out into bigger terrain features.
• Avoid terrain traps such as gullies and cliffs where the consequence of any avalanche could be serious.