Warm air and sunny skies can rapidly destabilize the snowpack. Use extra caution on sun-exposed slopes during the heat of the day.
Sunny skies and a rising freezing level could trigger wet loose avalanches. Best to avoid steep sun-exposed slopes during intense sunny periods. The warming could also cause cornices to become fragile.
We haven't received any avalanche observations over the past few days.
Looking forward, warm air and sunny skies could initiate a loose wet avalanche cycle in the coming days, particularly on steep sun-exposed slopes.
Around 20 to 40 cm of recent storm snow is consolidating and bonding to the snowpack. Thicker deposits may be found in lee terrain features near ridges due to strong southwest wind. With a rising freezing level and sunny skies, expect sun-exposed slopes and low elevations to have a moist snow surface during the day, which may freezing into a hard melt-freeze crust overnight. A dry snow surface will prevail on shaded aspects at higher elevations.
The middle and lower snowpack are consolidated and strong, containing numerous thick and hard melt-freeze crusts.
Wednesday Night
Partly cloudy with no precipitation, 10 km/h southeast wind, treeline temperature -2 °C, freezing level 600 m.
Thursday
Partly cloudy with no precipitation, 10 km/h southeast wind, treeline temperature 0 °C, freezing level 1200 m.
FridayClear skies with no precipitation, 10 to 20 km/h southeast wind, treeline temperature 2 °C, freezing level 1500 m.
SaturdayMostly cloudy with no precipitation, 30 km/h southeast wind, treeline temperature 4 °C, freezing level 1600 m.
More details can be found in the Mountain Weather Forecast.
