Avalanche Forecast
Avalanche Forecasts are for use by experienced backcountry travelers in uncontrolled sidecountry and backcountry terrain. These forecasts and conditions do not apply to open, in-bounds terrain at ski resorts, which is subject to avalanche control by local resort ski patrol.
Avalanche Rating
Considerable (3)
Reactive storm slabs may exist at upper elevations. Stick with a conservative trip plan and watch for signs of instability.
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Snowpack Discussion
Another 30 cm blanketed the region by Thursday morning. This brings storm snow totals in the alpine to over 110 cm since the weekend. High north-facing slopes may see deeper deposits of wind-transported snow. At treeline and below, the new snow sits above a crust on all aspects except in high north alpine slopes. The snow reportedly has a good bond to the underlying crust.
Below this, the snowpack is well settled and strong.
Avalanche Activity
On Wednesday, numerous natural storm slab avalanches were reported up to size 2. Explosive control reported numerous (size 1) storm slabs that were running on the firm crust buried below (30 cm deep) at below treeline elevations.
Storm slabs will likely continue to be reactive on Friday, especially on north-facing slopes that have seen additional wind loading.