Avalanche Forecast
Issued: Feb 10th, 2014 4:00PM
The alpine rating is Deep Persistent Slabs and Loose Dry.
, the treeline rating is , and the below treeline rating is Known problems includeThe avalanche hazard will slowly begin to increase as the snow arrives tonight and more conservative terrain choices will be necessary over the next few days. Enjoy the new snow!
Summary
Weather Forecast
5-10cm of snow is forecast for Monday night and Tuesday with an additional 15-20cm of snow forecast for Wednesday. This will be accompanied by moderate to strong W winds and rising temperatures with freezing levels of about 1500m by Wednesday night.
Snowpack Summary
5-15 cm of facetted surface snow sits over the January 30th surface hoar layers. This facet/surface hoar combination will be one to watch as we begin to get more snow. Variable wind effect in the alpine with sun crust on steep solar aspects. The basal facet/depth hoar problem persists but is well bridged in deeper snowpack areas.
Avalanche Summary
No new avalanches have been observed or reported today.
Confidence
Problems
Deep Persistent Slabs
The deep persistent weakness has been dormant for several weeks. With warming temperatures and increasing snow load may we may begin seeing some avalanches on this layer by Wednesday.
- Be aware of thin areas that may propogate to deeper instabilites.
Aspects: All aspects.
Elevations: Alpine.
Likelihood
Expected Size
Loose Dry
Any new snow or wind slabs will be sitting on a mix of facets, surface hoar and sun crust. This has potential to create a good sliding layer. Watch for sluffing in steep terrain starting Tuesday, and deeper storm slabs failures by Wednesday.
- Be cautious of sluffing in steep terrain.
- Be cautious as you transition into wind affected terrain.
Aspects: North, North East, East, South East.
Elevations: Alpine, Treeline.
Likelihood
Expected Size
Valid until: Feb 11th, 2014 4:00PM