A significant warm up will occur today and increase the avalanche hazard. Daytime temperatures at 10,400 feet are forecast to rise into the mid 30s. This warming will increase the sensitivity of stiff wind slabs and deeper hard slabs to human triggers and could create wet slides. Cornice drops are possible during the heat of the day and could trigger slab avalanches on the slopes beneath them. Monitor conditions and get off and out from under steep terrain after snow surfaces soften.
Buried layers of faceted snow persist in the snowpack and could become avalanche failure planes during todays warm up. Stiff surface slabs with depths to 18 inches could be human triggered on steep slopes. Older, dense slabs up to five feet in depth could also be triggered on deeper buried layers of faceted snow.
Wet slides are possible today after temperatures warm and snow surfaces soften. These slides could release naturally or be human triggered. Wet loose slides are possible on steep sunlit slopes. Dangerous, wet slabs could fail to the ground with depths to five feet.
