Rain and snow continue; anticipate loose wet avalanche activity at lower elevations and freshly formed storm slabs at higher elevations.
A layer of facets over a crust is buried down 50 to 100 cm and may still be rider-triggerable on alpine slopes with inconsistent, thin-to-thick snowpack depth.
Storm and wind slab formation continue at higher elevations where precipitation has fallen as snow.
Rain at lower elevations continues to saturate the upper snowpack.
There are no recent reports of avalanche activity, however, we suspect a natural avalanche cycle is ongoing with warm, and wet conditions.
Rain or wet snow has saturated the upper snowpack at lower elevations. At higher elevations recent snow has buried a variable melt-freeze crust.
In the mid-snowpack, a reactive crust/facet combination may exist in high alpine terrain.
Otherwise, the mid and lower snowpack contains a series of old crusts and is currently well-bonded and strong.
Thursday Night
Cloudy with 2 to 10 mm of rain at treeline and below with snow at higher elevations, southwest alpine winds 30 to 40 km/h, freezing levels around 1500 m.
Friday
Cloudy with 5 to 20 mm of rain at treeline and below with snow at higher elevations, south alpine winds 60 to 70 km/h, freezing levels around 1500 m.
Saturday
Cloudy with 5 to 20 mm of rain, south alpine winds 60 to 70 km/h, freezing levels around 2400 m.
Sunday
Cloudy with 20 to 50 mm of rain, south alpine winds 90 to 100 km/h, freezing levels around 2800 m.
More details can be found in the Mountain Weather Forecast.
