Cloud cover and wind will likely keep surface conditions cool and avalanche danger low. Watch for changing conditions throughout the day if the sun appears or temperatures rise.
Watch for moist surface snow at low elevations as freezing levels stay elevated.
Avoid sun affected slopes if skies clear and remember that cornices may also weaken with daytime warming.
No avalanches have been reported in the last few days.
We expect warm temperatures and sunny skies may have produced loose wet avalanches, particularly on steep, sun-exposed slopes.
Recent storm snow is settling and bonding to the snowpack. Deeper deposits may be found in north facing terrain features near ridges due to strong southwest winds. With a freezing levels remaining high, expect the surface snow at low elevations to be moist, which may freeze into a hard melt-freeze crust overnight. Solar aspects may hold a melt freeze crust into the alpine from sun affect. A dry snow surface may remain on shaded aspects at higher elevations.
The middle and lower snowpack are consolidated and strong, containing numerous thick and hard melt-freeze crusts.
Saturday Night
Increasing cloud, freezing levels remain high around 1500 m. Moderate southerly winds.
Sunday
Mostly cloudy with strong southeasterly winds. 5 cm of snow expected. Freezing levels drop to 1000 m over the day. Another 5 cm possible overnight. Alpine high temperature around 0.
Monday
Cloudy with light to moderate southwesterly winds. Freezing levels around 800 m. Light snowfall continues, up to 5 cm.
Tuesday
Mix of sun and cloud with light easterly winds. Trace accumulations. Freezing levels around 1000 m.
More details can be found in the Mountain Weather Forecast.
