Carefully assess for wind slabs as you gain elevation. Wind slabs will likely remain rider triggerable due to the underlying surfaces.
New snow has been blown into wind slabs in lee and cross loaded features. Use caution in wind affected terrain and monitor for stiff snow, drum-like sounds and/or shooting cracks.
A number of buried weak layers remain possible to trigger. These layers appear to be most problematic in upper treeline and alpine elevations, in shallow, variable, rocky start zones.
A few new small natural and human triggered wind slab and loose dry avalanches have been reported in the region over the past couple days.
Larger avalanches on more deeply buried persistent weak layers were reported last week during a warm spell, like this one in the Telkwa area . Persistent problems like this one will be slow to change and improve.
If you are out in the backcountry please consider filling out a Mountain Information Network report.
Ongoing snowfall over recent days has accumulated around 40 cm of fresh snow that is being blown into wind slabs by southwest winds. This all sits on a crust from the warming event on January 25th. New snow likely will not bond well to this crust.
The mid and lower snowpack continues to bond and stabilize. A few concerning weak layers can still be found in the top meter of the snowpack including a surface hoar layer from early January and a crust from late December.
Saturday Night
light flurries bringing a few centimeters of new snow. Moderate to strong southerly winds and a above freezing layer around 1500m.
Sunday
A mix of sun and cloud with flurries bringing trace amounts of new snow. Moderate to strong westerly winds and temperatures at 1500m around -3.
Monday
Increasing cloud throughout the day with up to 5cm of new snow expected. Strong southwest winds and freezing levels rising to 1800m.
Tuesday
Mostly cloudy with the possibility of light flurries bringing trace amounts of new snow. Light variable winds and freezing levels falling to valley bottom.
More details can be found in the Mountain Weather Forecast.
