AVYCASTTwo Thumbs — Avalanche Forecast
The settled weather continues. It will be warm, however. So expect a cycle of loose wet avalanches as the day heats up. Good route planning that anticipates the warming on sunny slopes is the key to a safe day out. Today is the last avalanche forecast for the Two Thumb Range this season.
Danger by Elevation
Active Avalanche Problems
No recent avalanches have been reported in the area. Fine.Wind at 1000m: Light.Wind at 2000m: Light, then northwesterlies 45 km/h developing early evening, rising to gale 75 km/h at night.Freezing Level: Above 3000 metres. Slick crusts may be present in the morning, softening on sunny slopes as the day progresses. Carrying ice axe and boot crampons is always a good idea in spring.
The range has a settled snowpack, where solar slopes have now undergone multiple melt freeze cycles. In the north, the snow depth is 20-30cm at lower elevations between 1600m and 1800m. Above about 1800m the snow depth is about 60-100 cm on southerly aspects. Only patches of snow exist below 2000m on sunny slopes. The south of the range only has patchy snow in higher altitude shady basins.
Source: New Zealand Avalanche Advisory · View Original Bulletin
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