Carefully assess and verify conditions as you move through terrain
Use caution as you approach steep, rocky terrain, especially where there is no supportive crust
Where a melt-freeze crust has developed, this layer will be difficult to trigger. Areas of concern are steep, rocky terrain, where a melt-freeze crust might not exist.
Small, natural and skier triggered wet and dry loose avalanches continue to be reported in the region.
The upper snowpack is highly variable. A crust exists on or near the surface on all aspects below treeline and on all sun exposed slopes. On north aspects, Up to 20 cm of snow has buried a melt-freeze crust from late March. Below these crusts, the upper snowpack is moist.
A weak layer of facets from late January can be found down around 1 meter.
Precipitation amounts over the next 24hrs could be highly variable due to convection.
Monday Night
Increasing cloud with 0 to 5 cm of snow. 10 to 20 km/h southwest ridgetop wind. Treeline temperature -6 °C.
Tuesday
Mostly cloudy with 1 to 4 cm of snow. 15 to 30 km/h west ridgetop wind. Treeline temperature -2 °C.
Wednesday
Mostly cloudy with up to 5 cm of snow. 15 to 30 km/h southwest ridgetop wind. Treeline temperature -2 °C.
Thursday
Mostly cloudy with up to 15 cm of snow. 15 to 35 km/h northeast ridgetop wind. Treeline temperature -9 °C.
More details can be found in the Mountain Weather Forecast.
