Weather
• No precipitation • -11 °C • 2 m/s from W → • 85% clouds • Calm, sunny and some clouds, no precip. Some wind yesterday but no drifting observed.
Snow Cover
• Some snow drift • 0 cm • Storm slab (soft slab) • Dry • Thin soft layer on top of harder wind slab. Snow cover variable.
Snow Profile
• Persistent weak layer: below slab, near surface • 6 temperature points observed
Avalanche Problems
• Dry slab avalanche • Buried weak layer of faceted snow near surface • Within half a meter • The collapsing weak layer is thin < 3 cm. • Difficult to trigger • 2 - Medium • Few steep slopes SE, S, SW • There is a weak layer beginning to facet under wind slab. No propagation observed but possible to trigger in steeper slopes.
Avalanche Danger Assessment
• For the Vannledningsdalen area there was between 0cm and 1m of snow observed from probing. Probably more higher up. Large cornices have formed on the NE side of the bowl. No Jan 15th ice layer was found during the digging or probing. Possible for small slab avalanches to occur probably if initiated by cornice fall. • Weather looks good and stable over the foreseeable days, but sun exposure is expected to release cornices in the coming days/weeks. Snowpack isn't close to going isothermal yet. Steeper slopes carry more snow, while the flat areas and gulley are not very deep. • 2 Moderate • Forecast correct