Expect sunny and windy weather.
Loose wet avalanches may occur on sunny slopes during the warmest parts of the day.
Wet loose avalanches are possible during the heat of the day. Avoid gullies and terrain traps if overhead start zones are in the sun.
No recent avalanche activity has been reported.
Keep posting your observations to the Mountain Information Network!
The snow surface is wind-affected, with sastrugi in many open upper-elevation areas. A sun crust may exist on steep sunny slopes. This crust may soften and turn moist during the warm sunny parts of the day. Soft dry snow may be found in sheltered areas above 1500 m.
A layer of surface hoar around 50 cm deep has produced limited results with snowpack tests and is not a concern at this time. The rest of the snowpack is mostly made up of weak, faceted crystals, along with a crust near the base of the snowpack.
Total snow depths in this region are generally shallow, averaging around a meter at treeline.
Check out this MIN report from our field team for conditions at Core Lodge from last Wednesday.
Saturday Night
Clear. 40 to 50 km/h west ridgetop wind. Treeline temperature -8 °C.
Sunday
Sunny. 40 to 50 km/h west ridgetop wind. Treeline temperature -1 °C, inversion.
Monday
Sunny, with increasing clouds in the afternoon. 60 to 70 km/h northwest ridgetop wind. Treeline temperature -1 °C, inversion.
Tuesday
Cloudy. 50 to 60 km/h west ridgetop wind. Treeline temperature -2°C.
More details can be found in the Mountain Weather Forecast.
