Avalanche Forecast
Avalanche Bulletin - Glacier National Park
The freezing level has dropped and left behind an unfavorable crust on most aspects into the alpine. Good, cold dry snow still found on high northerly aspects... if it hasn't been skied already.
Avalanche Problem 1: Loose Wet
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Travel and Terrain Advice
- If triggered the loose wet sluffs may step down to deeper layers resulting in large avalanches.
Avalanche Summary
Numerous loose wet avalanches yesterday on steep solar aspects to sz 2.5 due to the warm temps, periods of sun and a high freezing level.
Cloudy skies, the drop in temperature and lowering freezing level will reduce avalanche activity today.
Snowpack Summary
A light dusting of snow now buries a melt freeze crust on solar aspects into the alpine and surface hoar in protected areas. Cold dry snow found on high northerly aspects. The seasons snow is well settled with no notable layers in the upper the snowpack.
Weather Forecast
Hopefully you got a good dose of vitamin D this past week from sunny clear skies, because that is now done. A storm is moving into our region this afternoon with 10-20cm of snow at higher elevations and mixed snow and rain at lower elevations by noon on Friday. Light northerly winds, freezing level to 1600m with an alpine high of -4 for today.
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Lower elevation temperatures have stayed above zero for the past 24hrs with a freezing level up to 1600m today. There is the chance of rain (10-15mm) starting early this afternoon which will weaken the snowpack below tree line.