Seward & Southern Kenai Mtns Archives
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October 16 UPDATE Snow in the higher elevations! Snow is starting to accumulate above 2,500′ but it’s still snow-free and fall-like in valley bottoms. A warm storm on the weekend [Read More] | |
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Fall 2024 has arrived! Snow is starting to fall on the high peaks and with that we’d like to announce some upcoming events and early season avalanche reminders. Upcoming Events: [Read More] | |
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CNFAC is no longer issuing Weekend Avalanche Outlooks for the Seward & Southern Kenai area. Although the forecast season has finished, the avalanche season has not – please see below for [Read More] | |
 Wet Loose
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 Wind Slabs
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Weekend Avalanche Outlook Saturday, April 20 – Sunday, April 21 Bottom Line: Spring transition is in full effect and this weekend we could see both wet and dry snow problems. Warm [Read More] | |
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Wet Loose
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Wind Slabs
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Weekend Avalanche Outlook Saturday, April 13 – Sunday, April 14 Bottom Line: Finally, spring like weather is in store for the Seward area mountains. With a forecast for temperatures in the [Read More] | |
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Wind Slabs
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Wet Loose
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Weekend Avalanche Outlook Saturday, April 6 – Sunday, April 7 Bottom Line: After receiving 2 to 3 feet of new snow this week and strong winds continuing into the weekend, wind [Read More] | |
 Storm Slabs
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 Wet Slab
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Weekend Avalanche Outlook Saturday, March 30 – Sunday, March 31 Bottom Line: A storm has arrived to the Kenai Mountains which is forecast to bring up to 15″ of new snow [Read More] | |
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Wind Slabs
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Wet Loose
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Weekend Avalanche Outlook Saturday, March 23 – Sunday, March 24 Bottom Line: A warm storm over the weekend might create new wind slabs up to 1′ deep that could be [Read More] | |
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Wind Slabs
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 Persistent Slabs
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Weekend Avalanche Outlook Saturday, March 16 – Sunday, March 17 Bottom Line: With a warm spring storm headed towards the Kenai, which is forecast to bring 6 to 10″ of new [Read More] | |
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Wind Slabs
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Persistent Slabs
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Weekend Avalanche Outlook Saturday, March 9 – Sunday, March 10 Bottom Line: A storm arriving Saturday night will be creating sensitive wind slabs 1-2′ deep that could be triggered on [Read More] | |
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Wind Slabs
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Persistent Slabs
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Weekend Avalanche Outlook Saturday, March 2 – Sunday, March 3 Bottom Line: The relentless wind is still blowing from the north making avalanches in freshly windblown snow our primary concern [Read More] | |
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Wind Slabs
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Persistent Slabs
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Weekend Avalanche Outlook Saturday, Feb. 24 – Sunday, Feb. 25 Bottom Line: This weekend is forecast to bring a small storm on Saturday and a sunny day on Sunday accompanied by [Read More] | |
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Wind Slabs
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Persistent Slabs
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Weekend Avalanche Outlook Saturday, Feb. 17 – Sunday, Feb. 18 Bottom Line: The main concern going into this weekend is the potential for triggering an avalanche where the wind is blowing [Read More] | |
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Storm Slabs
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Persistent Slabs
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Weekend Avalanche Outlook Saturday, Feb. 10 – Sunday, Feb. 11 Bottom Line: After a month of cold weather and a few small storms a large storm has arrived to the Kenai [Read More] | |
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Wind Slabs
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Weekend Avalanche Outlook Saturday, Feb. 3 – Sunday, Feb. 4 Bottom Line: A pattern shift is arriving to the Kenai bringing cloudy skies, warmer temperatures, more wind and a little bit [Read More] | |
 Normal Caution
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Weekend Avalanche Outlook Saturday, Jan. 27 – Sunday, Jan. 28 Bottom Line: Northwesterly winds especially near the coast may be strong enough to transport snow into isolated or small fresh [Read More] | |
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Normal Caution
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Weekend Avalanche Outlook Saturday, Jan. 20 – Sunday, Jan. 21 With a mostly sunny and calm weekend in store, triggering an avalanche will be unlikely. However, with new glide cracks [Read More] | |
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Wind Slabs
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Weekend Avalanche Outlook Saturday, Jan. 13 – Sunday, Jan. 14 Bottom Line: The Martin Luther King Jr. Day weekend is arriving with another storm bringing mostly wind and a little [Read More] | |
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Storm Slabs
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Persistent Slabs
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Weekend Avalanche Outlook Saturday, Jan. 6 – Sunday, Jan. 7 Bottom Line: With up to 2’ of snow and strong winds forecast this weekend, we expect to see increasing avalanche [Read More] | |
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Wind Slabs
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Persistent Slabs
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Weekend Avalanche Outlook Saturday, Dec. 30 – Sunday, Dec. 31 Bottom Line: With winds picking Friday night and on Saturday evening, and possibly receiving up to 5” of new [Read More] | |
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Storm Slabs
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Weekend Avalanche Outlook Saturday, Dec. 23- Sunday, Dec. 24 Happy holidays from all of your Chugach forecasters! With up to 1-3 feet of new snow and strong winds forecast, we [Read More] | |
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Storm Slabs
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Weekend Avalanche Outlook Saturday, Dec. 16- Sunday, Dec. 17 Avalanches concerns this weekend in the Seward, Lost Lake, and Snug Harbor areas are expected to be associated with the new [Read More] | |
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Storm Slabs
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Weekend Avalanche Outlook Saturday, Dec. 9- Sunday, Dec. 10 This is a heads up weekend Seward riders! Our main concerns for avalanches will be both storm slabs and wind slabs. [Read More] | |
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Wind Slabs
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Weekend Avalanche Outlook Saturday, Dec. 2- Sunday, Dec. 3 Welcome to the first Weekend Outlook for the Seward Zone of the Chugach National Forest Avalanche Center! We are about 24 [Read More] | |
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We will be posting weekly conditions reports for the Seward / Southern Kenai Mountains on this page. Check back soon for updates! Last spring the Chugach National Forest’s Seward Ranger [Read More] |
Below are archived forecasts for the past 5 seasons with the highest danger rating and Avalanche Problem 1 displayed in the chart. Click on a table cell to read the forecast for that day. Alternatively you can view this page for 10 seasons of data plus embedded observations from that day.