Cornices
- Alta quota
- Limite del bosco
- Sotto il limite del bosco
- Probabilità
- Unlikely
- Dimensione
- 1
The snow surface remains a variety of supportable and unsupportable crusts. Challenging travel conditions could be encountered with firm and variable surfaces. With increasing cloud cover today and continued NE winds, softening of these crusts should be limited at the higher elevations. At mid and lower elevations, some small loose wet instabilities could occur. These would be in the form of roller balls and pinwheels in areas that warm up quickly around rocks, cliffs, and gully features. Loose wet instabilities are expected to increase over the next few days as temperatures continue to warm.
In some isolated near and above treeline areas, wind slabs may exist from the recent NE wind event. In most cases, these wind slabs should be small and not be a concern for backcountry users.
Normal caution is advised throughout the forecast area. Make sure your group has a travel plan, practices good communication, and everyone carries the proper equipment (including avalanche rescue gear).