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)
The new storm snow is not bonding well to old surfaces, and human-triggered avalanches are likely.
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Snowpack Discussion
Another 20 cm of snow fell by Thursday. The strong southwest wind continued to redistribute some of the fresh snow onto lee slopes at the ridgeline. This brings up to 80 cm of snow since last weekend. The recent snow sits above a crust on all aspects except high north-facing terrain, where it sits on a facet interface that formed in early March.
A layer of facets and surface hoar from mid-February can be found down around 90 to 120 cm.
Another layer of facets and surface hoar from late January can be found down 120 to 150 cm.
Avalanche Activity
On, Wednesday, reports indicated that the recent storm snow was reactive to human triggers initiating storm slabs to size 1. Dry loose sluffing occurred in steep terrain features.
Reactive storm slabs are likely on Friday, especially in at upper elevations that see more wind effect. Natural avalanche activity can spike on solar slopes when the sun is out.