Continually assess the snowpack for signs of instability with changing weather conditions. Expect hazard to increase with increasing winds and rising freezing levels.
Triggering of deep weak layers remains possible in terrain with shallow, variable snowpacks. Where supportive to riders, a melt-freeze crust may be providing a bridging effect, making it more difficult to trigger deeper layers.
No recent avalanche activity has been reported in the region.
Please continue to share any observations or photos on the Mountain Information Network.
The upper snowpack continues to settle and stabilize. A widespread melt-freeze crust is buried by roughly 50 to 90 cm. The crust ranges in thickness from 1 cm at higher elevations to 20 cm thick at lower elevations. The mid-snowpack is generally well consolidated below the crust. A weak layer of large facets and a crust persists down 70 to 150 cm from the surface. The snow below the crust is generally weak and unconsolidated.
Treeline snow depths are roughly 150 to 200 cm.
Thursday night
Cloudy with flurries, 0 to 2 cm. Moderate southwest ridgetop winds. Treeline temperatures around 0 C.
Friday
Cloudy with trace snow. Moderate southwest ridgetop winds. Treeline temperatures around 0 C. Freezing levels 2100 m.
Saturday
Cloudy with snow, 5 to 10 cm. Light to moderate southwest ridgetop winds. Treeline temperatures around 0 C. Freezing levels 1800 m.
Sunday
Cloudy with flurries, 0 to 2 cm. Light south ridgetop winds. Treeline temperatures 0 to -5 C.
More details can be found in the Mountain Weather Forecast.
