Cooling temperatures are reducing the likelihood of triggering large persistent slab avalanches.
Avoid steep or convex terrain features with a shallow or thin-to-thick snowpack.
A crust with weak facets above is buried 80 to 200 cm deep. Steep or convex terrain features with a shallow or thin to thick snowpack at treeline and above are the most likely places to trigger this layer.
No new avalanches were reported in this region on Wednesday.
0 to 5 cm of new snow overlies predominantly crusty surfaces.
A weak layer of surface hoar is down 40-60 cm in isolated, sheltered areas.
A widespread crust with sugary facets above is buried 80-200 cm deep. Both of these layers remain primary concerns for triggering large persistent slab avalanches.
Thursday night
Partly cloudy. 10 to 20 km/h northwest ridgetop wind. Treeline temperature -3 °C. Freezing level 1000 m.
Friday
Cloudy. 10 to 20 km/h southwest ridgetop wind. Treeline temperature 0 °C. Freezing level 2000 m.
Saturday
Cloudy. 10 to 20 km/h east ridgetop wind. Treeline temperature -3 °C. Freezing level 1700 m.
Sunday
Mix of sun and cloud. 10 to 20 km/h east ridgetop wind. Treeline temperature -5 °C. Freezing level 1500 m.
More details can be found in the Mountain Weather Forecast.
