Avalanche Forecast
South Coast
Warm temperatures and rain will make for heavy riding conditions. Manage your terrain use carefully and avoid terrain traps.
Avalanche Problem 1: Loose Wet
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Travel and Terrain Advice
- Use caution above cliffs and also gullies where small avalanches may have severe consequences.
- Wet loose avalanches may start small but they can grow and push you into dangerous terrain.
Avalanche Problem 2: Cornices
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Recent heavy snowfall and high winds have created fragile new cornice growth. These monsters may surprise with nasty consequences. Use extra caution around ridge crests.
Travel and Terrain Advice
- Give cornices a wide berth when traveling on or below ridges.
- Falling cornices may trigger avalanches on slopes below.
Avalanche Summary
No new avalanches were reported on Saturday.
Snowpack Summary
Rain and warm temperatures on Friday into Saturday have soaked the 7-13 cm of snow which fell late Thursday.
Isolated wind slabs may remain at the highest elevations where winds were strong on Wednesday and Thursday.
At treeline and below, the new (saturated) snow overlies either a crust or moist snow from Monday's rain event. In high alpine areas like Sky Pilot and the Chehalis Range the new snow overlies thick storm slabs which developed during the stormy weather at the end of January.
The mid and lower snowpack are well consolidated with no significant layers of concern.
Weather Forecast
Sunday: 15-25mm of rain Saturday night to Sunday afternoon / Moderate to strong southwest winds / Ridge top temperatures near +5 / Freezing level 2000m rising to 2500m
Monday: Mainly cloudy / Light westerly winds / Freezing level at 1100m
Tuesday: Flurries (5-10 cm of snow) / Light north west winds / Freezing level 900m
Note: Confidence is low for forecast wind values and precipitation amounts on Sunday.
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Rain and rising freezing levels will result in heavy / slushy surface snow layers that could produce small avalanches in steep terrain.