North Rockies

Continue to practice safe travel habits in the backcountry.

No new avalanches have been reported but information is limited.

Please consider submitting your observations to the MIN if you head to the backcountry.

5 to 20 cm of recent snow sits on a hard melt-freeze crust except for shady high alpine slopes, where it sits on faceted snow over a hard crust. Thicker deposits may exist in lee terrain features near mountain tops.

A layer of weak faceted grains above a hard crust that formed in early February is buried about 50 to 110 cm deep. This layer is currently dormant.

Sunday Night

Partly cloudy. 35 to 45 km/h west ridgetop wind. Treeline temperature -6 °C.

Monday

Increasing clouds. 20 to 40 km/h southwest ridgetop wind. Treeline temperature 1 °C. Freezing level 1600 m.

Cloudy with 10 to 20 cm of snow or rain. 50 km/h south ridgetop wind. Treeline temperature 5 °C. Freezing level 2000 m.

Partly cloudy with 5 to 10 cm of snow or rain. 30 km/h southwest ridgetop wind. Treeline temperature -5 °C.

More details can be found in the Mountain Weather Forecast.

• Avoid shallow, rocky areas where the snowpack transitions from thick to thin.
• Make observations and assess conditions continually as you travel.
• Watch for wind-loaded pockets especially around ridgecrest and in extreme terrain.