Caution as the sun comes out on solar aspects.
Ongoing moderate SW winds will continue to form slabs in the alpine and exposed tree line features. These wind slabs sit on the Feb 20th facet interface giving hard test results
Caution in thin facetted snowpack areas where triggering is more likely. This is a low probability but high consequence problem.
Tuesday: A mix of sun and cloud with isolated flurries. Alpine temperature: High -7 °C. Ridge wind southwest: 15 km/h gusting to 45 km/h.
Wednesday: Flurries. Accumulation: 11 cm. Alpine temperature: Low -13 °C, High -9 °C. Mostly light ridge wind occasionally gusting to 45 km/h. Freezing level at valley bottom.
Warm temps and high solar input have created crusts and moist snow on solar aspects at TL and below. Continuing SW winds have extensively redistributed the snow pack at TL and ALP. The mid pack is supportive in deep areas, but shallow snowpack areas are weak and failing on buried facet layers in test results.
Field teams down south today noted no new avalanche activity today.
