Watch out for areas where the wind has deposited large amounts of snow.
Early-season obstacles still pose a threat below the surface of the snow.
Snow and wind may have created new reactive wind slabs in exposed areas at higher elevations. Areas that have not experienced wind may have accumulated enough snow to create soft slabs on top of a surface hoar layer.
No recent avalanches have been reported in our region.
Please continue to submit MIN reports and support your backcountry community.
By the end of the day on Tuesday 10 cm will rest on up to 30 cm of snow that fell this past weekend. The upper snowpack is generally faceted upper snowpack. Forty cm down expect to find a surface hoar in sheltered terrain at treeline. On north and east-facing slopes in the alpine wind slab formation is expected.
The mid-pack is generally unconsolidated. A crust with sugary facets beneath it can be found just above the ground.
The snowpack is still shallow for this time of year. The average snowpack depth at treeline range from 55 to 80 cm.
Monday Night
Cloudy, 5 cm accumulation of wet snow with up to 10 cm in the west, alpine winds southwest 55 to 70 km/h, freezing level ranging from treeline to the alpine.
Tuesday
A mix of sun and cloud, up to 5 cm accumulation in some areas, alpine winds southwest 45 to 55 km/h, freezing level at treeline.
Wednesday
Mix of sun and cloud, up to 2 cm accumulation, alpine winds southwest 45 to 55 km/h, treeline temperatures back down to -5 °C.
Thursday
Clear, no accumulation, alpine winds southerly 10 to 20 km/h, treeline temperatures around -7 °C.
More details can be found in the Mountain Weather Forecast.
