South Coast

Avalanches are unlikely where a supportive surface crust is present.

Travel is rugged at lower elevations, once on snow, a surface crust will complicate travel.

Moderate

• We are uncertain due to the timing or intensity of warming will affect the snowpack.

No new avalanche activity has been reported.

Where there is a hard surface crust, avalanche activity is unlikely.

A widespread surface crust has formed over moist, well-settled upper snowpack.

The upper snowpack is bonding to a hard crust that is breaking down at lower elevations.

Average treeline snow depth is 70 to 150 cm, and the snowpack tapers rapidly with elevation.

Thursday Night
Clear skies. 30 km/h south ridgetop wind. Treeline temperature 9 °C. Freezing level 3100 m.

Friday
Increasing clouds. Precipitation starting early evening, 10 to 25 mm rain. 30 km/h south ridgetop wind. Treeline temperature 6 °C. Freezing level 2500 m.

Saturday
Cloudy. 20 to 50 mm of rain at treeline. 50 km/h south ridgetop wind. Treeline temperature 2 °C. Freezing level 1800 m.

Sunday
Mostly cloudy. 5 cm of snow at treeline. 20 km/h southwest ridgetop wind. Treeline temperature 1 °C. Freezing level 1500 m.

More details can be found in the Mountain Weather Forecast.

• A moist or wet snow surface, pinwheeling, and natural avalanches are all indicators of a weakening snowpack.
• Rocks will heat up with daytime warming and may become trigger points for loose wet avalanches.
• Be alert to conditions that change with elevation and sun exposure.