Steamboat & Flat Tops

Slopes with recently drifted snow are the most hazardous. Avalanches in recently drifted snow can step down and grow even larger. Look for and avoid drifted pillows below ridgelines, in gullies, and along vegetation and terrain breaks. If pillows of snow crack under your weight, then head to lower-angled slopes or wind-sheltered terrain.

Above-freezing temperatures tomorrow will likely cause the snow to become wet and sluff off steep, sunny slopes. Avalanches could gouge deeper into the snowpack and grow larger as they run. If you sink to your ankles in wet, gloppy snow or see rollerballs, avoid being on, or below, steep slopes.