Avalanche Forecast
Avalanche Bulletin - Glacier National Park
Recent snow accumulation, warming temps and forecasted increasing winds promoting a formation of a storm slab.
Early season hazards are lurking below the snow surface, ski / ride cautiously.
Avalanche Problem 1: Storm Slabs
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Avalanche Summary
No natural or rider triggered avalanches have been reported.
Snowpack Summary
10cm overnight, 25cm now covering the Nov 9 SH (spotty in distribution, hard to find), 35-50cm over the Halloween crust at treeline. The crust sits on 50-70cm of mixed forms and for the time being is well bonded. The lower snowpack is a 20cm layer of melt frozen crust. Snowpack is 90-130cm above 1900m.
Weather Forecast
Snow today with accumulation up to 12cm by this evening. Alpine high of -2 with a rising freezing level to 1800m. Winds are forecasted to pick up over the day, 20km/hr gusting to 60km/hr from the south. Light snow to continue through Monday night and into Tuesday with another 25cm on Wednesday.
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25cm of storm snow now covers the Nov 9 SH (reported up to 20mm at TL, but not found in recent snow profiles). Warming temps and increasing south winds will promote formation of a storm slab. Keep a keen eye out for changing conditions over the day.