Warming temperatures have allowed for recent natural wet loose avalanches this week, but the warmth is now making it's way to the basal layers of the snowpack and allowing for full depth wet slab avalanches. Continued warm temperatures at upper elevations without good overnight freezes will allow for natural wet slabs to continue and get bigger in size. Expect natural wet slab avalanche activity to peak in the PM, between 2-8pm, but possible at any hour with very warm temperatures, especially on steep slopes with good angles of incidence to solar radiation.
A second natural wet slab avalanche was triggered early morning, between 5-8am, today by a wet loose point release on the east face of skyscraper mountain. This avalanche failed at the ground in a portion of the bed surface and ran about halfway to the parking lot, with the debris stalling out on slope.
Expect wet slabs to run far, use extra caution when traveling in the backcountry by giving slopes an extra wide berth.
