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Avalanche Forecast

Archived

Apr 2nd, 2026–Apr 3rd, 2026

Alpine
Natural avalanches unlikely.
Treeline
Natural avalanches unlikely.
Below Treeline
Natural avalanches unlikely.
Alpine
Natural avalanches unlikely, human triggered possible.
Treeline
Natural avalanches unlikely.
Below Treeline
Natural avalanches unlikely.
Alpine
Natural avalanches unlikely, human triggered possible.
Treeline
Natural avalanches unlikely, human triggered possible.
Below Treeline
Natural avalanches unlikely, human triggered possible.

Regions

Glacier.

Low hazard does not mean no hazard.

Spring sun and daily temperature fluctuations will weaken cornices. Use caution and limit exposure to these large triggers.

Confidence

High

  • We are confident due to a stable weather pattern.

Avalanche Summary

No notable natural avalanches have been observed over the last few days in Glacier park. See MIN report for small, human triggered wind slab on Wednesday.

Near neighbours have been reporting cornice failures this week, both natural and explosive triggered.

A widespread, natural avalanche cycle occurred up to size 4.0 on Mar 19-20 during the atmospheric river. Check out pics from this exceptional avalanche cycle in the MIN Reports.

Snowpack Summary

Expect widespread surface sun crusts. Sheltered polar alpine terrain holds dry, loose snow lying on a firm crust. Wind slabs might be lingering in exposed terrain.

Large cornices can found on ridgetops.

A series of crusts formed in March are present down 50-150 cm.

Travel can be challenging below treeline with frozen tree bombs and huge avalanche debris from the mid-March atmospheric river.

Weather Summary

Spring weather is forecast with sun, cloud and flurries. Temps will rise into the weekend.

Tonight Cloudy. Alpine low -7°C. Ridge wind W 20km/h. Freezing level (FZL) 1400m

Fri Cloudy, isolated flurries, trace amounts. Alp High -5°C. Wind SW 25km/h. FZL 1800m

Sat Cloudy, isolated flurries, trace amounts. High -5°C. Wind SW 15-35km/h. FZL 1900m

Sun Cloudy, sunny periods. Alp High -1°C. Wind S 10-20km/h. FZL 2200m

Terrain and Travel Advice

  • Loose avalanches may start small, but they can grow and push you into dangerous terrain.
  • Use extra caution around cornices: they are large, fragile, and can trigger slabs on slopes below.

Problems

Loose Dry

Loose Dry avalanches are the release of dry unconsolidated snow and typically occur within layers of soft snow near the surface of the snowpack. These avalanches start at a point and entrain snow as they move downhill, forming a fan-shaped avalanche. Other names for loose-dry avalanches include point-release avalanches or sluffs.