Avalanche Forecast
Avalanche Bulletin - Glacier National Park
Recent storm snow will be sluffing from steep terrain today. Use caution in exposed areas where even small avalanches could knock you off your feet.
Avalanche Problem 1: Loose Wet
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Travel and Terrain Advice
- Use caution above cliffs where small avalanches may have severe consequences.
Avalanche Summary
Limited natural avalanche activity over the last couple days with overcast skies and low freezing levels. Expect the new 5-10 cm of snow from overnight to be sluffing from steep terrain today. Of note over the last few days are two size 2 low elevation glide crack releases. Previously we've seen loose wet avalanches on steeper solar aspects.
Snowpack Summary
The snowpack is generally well settled with 5-10 cm of new snow on the surface. Above treeline this new snow remains dry and unconsolidated burying a previous melt freeze crust that extends up to 2300m on all aspects and to mountain top on solar aspects. Below treeline the upper snowpack contains a series of crusts at or near the surface.
Weather Forecast
Today will be a mostly cloudy day with isolated flurries. No significant snowfall is forecast for the day but models show potential for convective activity which can produce localized intense flurries. Ridgetop winds will be Westerly in the 15-25km/hr range and freezing level will reach 1400m.
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Cloud cover today should reduce the chance of loose wet slides on solar aspects. However if the sun does come out expect the recent 5-10 cm of new snow to become reactive around rocks and trees on steep solar terrain.