Storm's a comin'!!!! Heavy snow and/or rain, extreme winds, and rapid warming will lead to a widespread avalanche cycle. This is a great weekend to avoid avalanche terrain by sitting in front of a warm fire.
Melt freeze crusts and facets from early season snowfalls are lurking at the bottom of the snowpack. This layer may come alive again with loading form the incoming storm.
The incoming storm will bring heavy snowfall accompanied by 140km/h+ southwest winds and rain at lower elevations. Avalanche activity will peak on Friday and Saturday.
An incoming storm will bring extreme southwest winds, warm temperatures and heavy precipitation peaking on Friday. Freezing levels are somewhat uncertain but will likely be between 1700m and 2000m, bringing rain to the valley bottoms. Precipitation amounts will vary across the park, with some models calling for upwards of 70cm at Akamina Pass.
New snow will be falling on variable wind affected surfaces from extreme west winds. A weak crust facet combo formed in November is down 60cm, and additional crust/facet layers formed in October form the bottom of the snowpack. These are less of a problem in deeper snowpack areas along the divide, but may be overloaded with incoming snow.
No recent natural activity has been observed but this will change rapidly with the incoming precipitation and wind.
