Watch your overhead exposure during the heat of the day.
Loose wet avalanches may release when the sun is strong. Cornices will also weaken with daytime warming. Watch your overhead exposure during the heat of the day.
Several small (size 1) loose wet avalanches were observed on steep sun-exposed slopes on Tuesday afternoon. A few small cornice releases were also observed on northerly alpine terrain. Similar avalanches remain possible during the heat of the day going forward.
If you are headed into the backcountry, please consider sharing a MIN report.
A hard melt-freeze crust is found on sun-exposed slopes to the mountain tops and all aspects up to around 1400 m. The crust will transition to wet snow with daytime warming. Dry, settled snow exists on shaded aspects in the alpine. Isolated wind slabs may linger in steep terrain in the high alpine from northerly wind.
A weak layer of faceted grains and/or surface hoar crystals may be found around 40 to 80 cm deep, particularly on northerly alpine slopes. The weak layer may be close to a hard melt-freeze crust from early April.
Wednesday Night
Clear skies. 20 to 30 km/h east ridgetop wind. Treeline temperature -1 °C.
Thursday
Clear skies. 20 to 30 km/h east ridgetop wind. Treeline temperature 3 °C. Freezing level rising to 1700 m.
Friday
Clear skies. 30 to 40 km/h east ridgetop wind. Treeline temperature 1 °C. Freezing level rising to 1500 m.
Saturday
Partly cloudy. 20 to 30 km/h southeast ridgetop wind. Treeline temperature 4 °C. Freezing level rising to 1800 m.
More details can be found in the Mountain Weather Forecast.
