Temperatures may rise rapidly on Saturday with strong alpine inversions and remain high throughout the weekend.
Minimize overhead hazard wherever possible.
Strong alpine inversions and high freezing levels will test persistent layers and cornices in sheltered alpine features on Saturday and Sunday. Minimize overhead hazard as temps at higher elevations are likely warmer than valley bottoms.
Sat: Cloudy with isolated flurries. Moderate west winds. Strong alpine temperature inversion. Freezing rising to alpine throughout the day.
Sun: Cloudy with isolated flurries. Moderate W winds. Strong alpine temperature inversion with temps remaining above freezing.
Mon: Cloudy with sunny periods. Light W winds. Alpine high -6. FL valley bottom.
A hard rain crust exist on all aspects up to 2000m. Alpine surfaces range from hard windslab in lees and to bare ground. Well settled midpack. Facets above Dec 4 crust down 150-200 cm. A 20-60 cm thick Nov crust complex completes snowpack to ground.
No new avalanches reported or observed today. Limited field observations. Thanks to everyone posting on the Mountain Information Network, keep up the great work, we really do read them.
