Be Careful!

There is a big load on a very deep snowpack. Avalanches that go deep are not survivable. If you plan on skiing anywhere, be very careful.

I would stay out of the backcountry for a while. I have been buried and it is no fun.

Ski Ya.

Wow!

And thanks for reminding / sharing

when was that photo taken?

Taken many years ago on Kempers Mt. Rainier National Park from Crystal Mt. Very similar conditions that caused the big slides this year.

After spending some time in the Baker BC today...I think this is very good advice.  I think it will be pretty spooky out there until the new snow comes down.  Saw natural and triggered slides on all aspects today (some running ~800 vf and entraining significant snow), and it is only going to get warmer as the weekend progresses.  We left early.

YUP!

From NWAC yesterday

However, over the weekend on Saturday and Sunday,
•increasingly sunny skies and significant warming are likely, along with relatively light winds and freezing levels reaching 4-5500 ft Saturday and 7-10,000 ft Sunday. This should allow warming and sun related considerable to high avalanche danger to slowly progress to higher elevations, especially on more wind loaded terrain where recent wind slabs or cornices should warm, weaken and be easier to trigger...and on southeast to southwest exposures where increasingly large natural loose, wet loose and wet slab slides should become likely. As a result, while the clearing skies and benign looking weather may lure BC travelers into the mountains, climbers, skiers, boarders, snowmobilers, snowshoers and other adventurous folks are urged to make conservative decisions and use cautious route selections in the days ahead. Careful local snowpack evaluations are essential during these dangerous avalanche conditions, especially when traveling on sun exposed terrain and on higher elevation lee slopes on the volcanic peaks.

•the coming weekend is not shaping up to be a safe time to climb or travel on the southerly aspects of the volcanoes! Please ensure that you don't become a new statistic in this late season of abundance. Also note that some slides releasing from a cornice collapse or initially small loose slide at higher elevations should entrain increasing amounts of wet snow as they descend, and resulting larger slides may flow into lower angle terrain as well. While valley bottoms may be lower angle, this terrain is not safe if connected to steeper terrain above.

So, at the risk of a flame, where did you find that quote on NWAC? I have only found generic "spring time" condition summary

www.nwac.us/data/SABWA

Also linked in the "Weather Links" section under "Mountain Conditions" --> WA Avy Forecast.