Avalanche Forecast

Moderate - Intensity of incoming weather systems is uncertain

Saturday: Snow amounts 20-30 cm. Alpine temperatures -2 and freezing levels 800 m. Ridgetop winds strong from the southwest.Sunday: Cloudy with sunny periods and new snow amounts 3-10 cm. Alpine temperatures -3 and freezing levels 600 m. Ridgetop winds light with strong gusts from the southwest.Monday: Cloudy with isolated flurries. Alpine temperatures -3 and freezing levels 600 m. Ridgetop winds light from the southwest.Check out the Mountain Weather Forecast for more detail.

On Friday, wet slab avalanches size 1-2 were reported from steep terrain where the ground cover consists of smooth rock slab features. These avalanches went to ground. Widespread natural avalanche activity expected through the forecast period with new rain, snow and wind.

Up to 30 mm of precipitation fell as a rain and saturated the snowpack up to 800 m on Thursday. On Friday, the freezing levels dropped and the new snow is currently building storm slabs on all aspects and elevations. Below the surface sits a well-settled snowpack overlying several layers of interest. Down 70-100 cm you'll likely find a 5-10 cm thick crust which was buried on November 23 and in some areas, a feathery surface hoar layer down 50-60 cm producing moderate snowpack test results. The widespread crust/facet interface that was buried at the end of October can now be found 100-200 cm deep and exists region wide.